comfort
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(verb) ease physically |
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Synonyms: ease |
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Related Words: alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) give moral or emotional strength to |
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Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
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Related Words: allay, calm, calm down, ease, lull, quiet, quieten, relieve, still, tranquilize, tranquillize |
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(noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment |
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Related Words: alleviation, assuagement, consolation, pleasance, pleasure, relief, solace, solacement |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: comfortableness |
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Related Words: condition, convenience, cosiness, coziness, ease, relief, snugness, solace, solacement, status |
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Antonyms: discomfort |
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(noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her" |
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Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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Related Words: ministration, relief, succor, succour |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: ease |
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Related Words: affluence, richness |
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