comfort
verb/ˈkʌmfət/
/ˈkʌmfərt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they comfort | /ˈkʌmfət/ /ˈkʌmfərt/ |
| he / she / it comforts | /ˈkʌmfəts/ /ˈkʌmfərts/ |
| past simple comforted | /ˈkʌmfətɪd/ /ˈkʌmfərtɪd/ |
| past participle comforted | /ˈkʌmfətɪd/ /ˈkʌmfərtɪd/ |
| -ing form comforting | /ˈkʌmfətɪŋ/ /ˈkʌmfərtɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody who is worried or unhappy feel better by being kind and showing sympathy to them
- comfort somebody The victim's widow was today being comforted by family and friends.
- The idea that he was not alone comforted him greatly.
- I am comforted by the fact that Jamie died doing what he liked best.
- comfort yourself with something She comforted herself with the thought that it would soon be spring.
- be comforted to do something He was comforted to know that most people in the class knew even less than he did.
- it comforts somebody to do something It comforted her to feel his arms around her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- be comforted to know
- being comforted by family, friends, etc.
- feel comforted
- …
Word OriginMiddle 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.
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