comfortable
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comfortable
- /ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/
- /ˈkʌm.fə.tə.bəl/
- /ˈkʌmf.tə(ɹ).bəl/
- /ˈkʌm.fə(ɹ).tə.bəl/
- /ˈkʌmf.tə(ɹ).bəl/ Canada
- /ˈkʌm.fəɹ.tə.bəl/ Canada
- [ˈkɵ̠mfəɹ̠θ̠əb(ə)l]
- [-ft̪ɾəb(ə)l]
- /ˈkɐmf.tə.bəl/
- [ˈkʰɐɱf.tɘ.bɫ̩]
- /kəm.fə(r).ʈə.bɘl/
- /kəm.fə(r).ʈeː.bɘl/
Where it comes from
From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.
adjective comfortabler · more comfortable · comfortablest · most comfortable · comftabul · comfterble
- Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.
- In a state of comfort and content. What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.
- Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something. Time spent waiting offshore / The calm before the storm / My take from you is simple / So heal your fear / To heal your fear / You're such a comfortable liar
- Amply sufficient, satisfactory. A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.
- Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory. he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi[…].
- Strong; vigorous; valiant. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.
- Serviceable; helpful. Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
noun comfortables · comftabul · comfterble · comftorble
- A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
