Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Contentment, ease.

    Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.

    Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort

    удо́бствоudóbstvo, комфо́ртkomfórt, ую́тujút

    зру́чністьzrúčnistʹ, вигі́дністьvyhídnistʹ, комфо́ртkomfórt

  2. (countable, uncountable)Something that offers comfort.

    Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)

    the comforts of home

  3. (countable, uncountable)A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

    We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.

    Trost, Tröstung

    утеше́ниеutešénije

    утіша́нняutišánnja

  4. (countable, uncountable)A cause of relief or satisfaction.

    The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.

    Trost, Tröstung

    уте́хаutéxa, утеше́ниеutešénije

More definitions
  • assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal
  • a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
  • satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing
  • a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

Examples

381 sentences
  1. Tom tried to comfort his mother.

    Том спробував утішити свою маму.

    ruТом пытался утешить мать.

    deTom versuchte, seine Mutter zu trösten.

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  2. I want to live in comfort.

    Я хочу жити зі зручностями.

    ruЯ хочу жить в уюте.

    deIch möchte ein komfortables Leben führen.

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  3. My uncle now lives in comfort.

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  4. Everybody wants to live in comfort.

    ruКаждый хочет жить с комфортом.

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  5. That was too close for comfort.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
contentment, ease:
consolation:
Русский
By meaning 3
contentment, ease:
consolation:
cause of relief or satisfaction:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
contentment, ease:
consolation:

Origin

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

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Forms

plural: comforts
Singularcomfort
Pluralcomforts

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain:comfortableness
  • the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction:consolationsolace
  • a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state:ease
  • bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together:quiltcomforterpuff

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

32 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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