n.
- a state of ease and freedom from pain or constraint.
▸
(comforts)
things that contribute to comfort.
▸prosperity and a pleasant lifestyle.
- consolation for grief or anxiety.
▸a person or thing that gives such consolation.
v.
cause to feel less unhappy; console.
Derivative
- comforting adj.
- comfortingly adv.
- comfortless adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. confort (n.), conforter (v.), from late L. confortare ‘strengthen’.