cosiness
The state or quality of being cosyThe state or quality of being cosy.
» In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again.
In ihren neuen Arbeiten lässt sie das Unheimliche wie ein groteskes Pendel vom Humorvollen ins Heimelige und zurück schwingen. — al_ex_an_der
al_ex_an_der · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(UK, uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being cosy.
ую́тujút, комфо́ртkomfórt, удо́бствоudóbstvo
a state of warm snug comfort
Examples
1 sentencesIn her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again.
deIn ihren neuen Arbeiten lässt sie das Unheimliche wie ein groteskes Pendel vom Humorvollen ins Heimelige und zurück schwingen. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From cosy + -ness.From cosy + -ness.
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Forms
plural: cosinessesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a state of warm snug comfort:cozinesssnugness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.