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. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   We don't really need the Comfort anymore.

2. Heather Balogh Rochfort:

   You get all the comfort and mobility of tights but with added durability on the butt and the knees so you do n’t destroy them within the first mile of scrambling.

3. Confucius:

   The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

4. Marjorie Taylor:

   She's a traitor to our country, she's guilty of treason, she took an oath to protect American citizens and uphold our laws. And she gives aid and comfort to our enemies who illegally invade our land. That's what treason is. And by our law representatives and senators can be kicked out and no longer serve in our government. And it's, uh, it's a crime punishable by death is what treason is. Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason.

5. Kate Bossert:

   (Post-apocalyptic storytelling) takes the unknown and makes it very physical and very visible, in ways that actually are not always true to life, narratives that pinpoint the thing we’re afraid of, there’s almost a comfort in that.

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