Comfort I Words Hotel Money Live Home Family

• the hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service.
• i didn't want to leave the comfort of my bed.
• they had enough money to live in comfort in their old age.
• watch the latest movies in the comfort of your own home.

comfort

Word Family

• comfort noun verb
• comfortable adjective (≠ uncomfortable)
• comfortably adverb (≠ uncomfortably)
• comforting adjective
1. the state of being physically relaxed and free from pain; the state of having a pleasant life, with everything that you need
• The hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service.
• I didn't want to leave the comfort of my bed.
• They had enough money to live in comfort in their old age.
• Watch the latest movies in the comfort of your own home.
• From the comfort of your own armchair, you can witness all the action live.
• I dress for comfort rather than elegance.
• These tennis shoes are designed for comfort and performance.
• He's beginning to find a comfort level with his teammates now.

Extra Examples

• He enjoys dangerous sports from the comfort of his couch.
• I like to travel in reasonable comfort.
• Learn a new language in the comfort of your own home.
• They live in modest comfort.
• a quilted cover for added comfort
2. a feeling of not suffering or worrying so much; a feeling of being less unhappy
• SYNONYM consolation
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/consolation
• I tried to offer a few words of comfort.
• His words were of little comfort in the circumstances.
• to take comfort from from somebody’s words
• His family can draw some comfort from the fact that the two men accused of his murder have pleaded guilty.
• We know that they will find comfort in the knowledge that he died doing the job he loved
• The announcement of a few new jobs will provide scant comfort to their many recently redundant employees.
• If it's any comfort to you, I'm in the same situation.

Extra Examples

• I drew comfort from his words.
• His kind words brought some comfort to the grieving parents.
• I need all the comfort I can get right now.
• She found comfort in music.
• They sought comfort in each other.
• We took great comfort from the fact that our savings were safe.
3. a person or thing that helps you when you are suffering, worried or unhappy
• SEE ALSO cold comfort
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cold-comfort
• Her being her with me was such a comfort.
• The children have been a great comfort to me through all of this.
• It's a comfort to know that she is safe.
• It was a comfort to her to know that I was never far away.
• In some ways it's a comfort that they died together.
• It will be a comfort to her family that justice has been done.
4. a thing that makes your life easier or more comfortable
• SEE ALSO creature comforts
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/creature-comforts
• The hotel has all modern comforts/every modern comfort.
• material comforts (= money and possessions)
• She desperately missed her home comforts while camping.
• He is someone who would take the comforts of home over the bright lights of Hollywood.
5. so near that it is uncomfortable or dangerous
• When she leaves the stage, the fans can get a little too close for comfort.
• They got the win but it was a tight match, definitely too close for comfort.

Word Origin

• Middle English (as a noun, in the senses ‘strengthening, support, consolation’; as a verb, in the senses ‘strengthen, give support, console’): from Old French confort (noun), conforter (verb), from late Latin confortare ‘strengthen’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis ‘strong’. The sense ‘something producing physical ease’ arose in the mid 17th cent.