comfortless

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comfortless

/ˈkʌmfətləs/ UK
/ˈkʌmfəɹtləs/ US

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From Middle English comfortles; equivalent to comfort + -less.

adjective more comfortless · most comfortless

Of a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted. I will nott leave you comfoꝛtleſſe: I will come vnto you.
Of a thing: offering no comfort; uncomforting. Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake.
Similar: bleak, dreary, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose, depressing, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, doleful

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@misc{comfortless_2026,
  title = {comfortless},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comfortless},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}