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noun
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
a feeling of being at ease in a relationship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: belonging
noun
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: comfort
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: relief, ease, solace, solacement, coziness, cosiness, snugness, convenience
History
Etymology tree English comfortable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English comfortableness From comfortable + -ness.
