comfort
Noun
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tells us about:
- comfortable, comfy - providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
- uncomfortable - providing or experiencing physical discomfort
subtypes:- ease, relief - the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- solace, solacement - comfort in disappointment or misery
- cosiness, coziness, snugness - a state of warm snug comfort
- convenience - the state of being suitable or opportune
same as: comfortableness -
is a type of: pleasance, pleasure - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experiencesubtypes:
- consolation, solace, solacement - the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
- alleviation, assuagement, relief - the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
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same as: consolation, solace
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subtypes: lap of luxury - in conditions of wealth and comfortsame as: ease
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is a type of: gratification, satisfaction - state of being gratified or satisfied
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subtypes:
- continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
- patchwork, patchwork quilt - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
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is a type of: aid, assist, assistance, help - the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Verb
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subtypes:
- calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize - make calm or still
- allay, ease, relieve, still - lessen the intensity of or calm
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same as: ease
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