comfort
Contentment, ease.
Noun 4 meanings
Contentment, ease.
“Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.”
Something that offers comfort.
“Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)”
A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
“We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.”
A cause of relief or satisfaction.
Verb 1 meaning
To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
“Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.”
Etymology
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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COMFORT at a glance
COMFORT has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + F 4 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,479 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with comfort
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