Antonyms for comfort
ˈkʌm fərtcom·fort

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1. comfortnoun

   : To provide comfort to or relieve suffering.

   Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.

   Antonyms:
   austerity

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1. comfort

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cherish, cling to, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, value

Matched Categories

1. • Affluence
   • Condition
   • Gratification
   • Pleasure
   • Relief
   • Relieve

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1. comfort, comfortablenessnoun

   a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

   "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"

   Antonyms:
   discomfort, uncomfortableness

   Synonyms:
   consolation, comfortableness, quilt, ease, solace, comforter, puff

2. comfortnoun

   a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment

   Antonyms:
   uncomfortableness, discomfort

   Synonyms:
   consolation, puff, comfortableness, ease, comforter, solace, quilt

3. consolation, comfort, solacenoun

   the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

   "his presence was a consolation to her"

   Antonyms:
   discomfort, uncomfortableness

   Synonyms:
   solacement, comfortableness, quilt, ease, consolation, solace, comforter, puff

4. ease, comfortnoun

   a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

   "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

   Antonyms:
   uncomfortableness, discomfort

   Synonyms:
   puff, simplicity, comfortableness, quilt, ease, easiness, informality, repose, consolation, relief, solace, comforter, relaxation, rest, simpleness

5. comfortnoun

   satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing

   "his friendship was a comfort"; "a padded chair was one of the room's few comforts"

   Antonyms:
   discomfort, uncomfortableness

   Synonyms:
   consolation, puff, comfortableness, ease, comforter, solace, quilt

6. quilt, comforter, comfort, puffnoun

   bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

   Antonyms:
   discomfort, uncomfortableness

   Synonyms:
   whiff, hassock, drag, comforter, powderpuff, teething ring, consolation, ease, allayer, sympathiser, baby's dummy, quilt, pacifier, pull, blow, solace, puff, pouffe, comfortableness, sympathizer, ottoman, puff of air, reliever

7. comfortverb

   assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal

   "it gave comfort to the enemy"

   Antonyms:
   discomfort, uncomfortableness

   Synonyms:
   consolation, puff, comfortableness, ease, comforter, solace, quilt

8. comfort, soothe, console, solaceverb

   give moral or emotional strength to

   Antonyms:
   discomfort, uncomfortableness

   Synonyms:
   ease, console, solace, soothe

9. comfort, easeverb

   lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

   "ease the pain in your legs"

   Antonyms:
   discomfort, uncomfortableness

   Synonyms:
   relieve, alleviate, still, allay, ease, soothe, solace, facilitate, console

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1. comfortnoun

   Synonyms:
   ease, consolation, solace, nepenthe, encouragement

2. comfortverb

   Synonyms:
   console, solace

How to use comfort in a sentence?

1. Cleve Jones:

   I'm still in shock; he was just the most amazing person. Funny and smart and fierce ... One of the most compassionate people, the rainbow flag is more than just a symbol. It is the embodiment of the LGBT community, and it has become a source of solace, comfort and pride for all those who look upon it.

2. Michael James:

   There's going to be heightened attention to guidance to increase comfort levels with valuations, given the strength we've seen in the last two months in the majority of tech names.

3. Brian Laundrie:

   Brian claims he wants to sit in the background while we search for Gabby in the wilderness of the Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, brian left Gabby in the wilderness with grizzly bears and wolves while he sits in the comfort of his home. In his home!

4. Leo Taddeo:

   The fact that you can affect the infrastructure with stuff you can download off the Internet shouldn't give us any comfort.

5. Roy Halladay:

   I didn’t grow up the way Roy did, i didn’t grow up with airplanes or a comfort level the way he did with small planes.

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