comfortable
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/ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/
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/ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/ · /ˈkʌm.fə.tə.bəl/ · /ˈkʌmf.tə(ɹ).bəl/ · /ˈkʌm.fə(ɹ).tə.bəl/ · /ˈkʌm.fəɹ.tə.bəl/ · [ˈkɵ̠mfəɹ̠θ̠əb(ə)l] · [-ft̪ɾəb(ə)l] · /ˈkɐmf.tə.bəl/ · [ˈkʰɐɱf.tɘ.bɫ̩] · /kəm.fə(r).ʈə.bɘl/ · /kəm.fə(r).ʈeː.bɘl/
Definition of comfortable
8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
“This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.”
“We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.”
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adj
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Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
“This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.”
“We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.”
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In a state of comfort and content.
“What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.”
“A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.”
- Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
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Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
“A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.”
“The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin.”
“When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.”
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(obsolete)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[…].”
“a comfortable provision made for their subsistence”
“The commanding officer readily granted a reprieve, and Louis, who, on the arrival of this letter, had forborne to communicate its contents to Theodore, left it should torture him with false hope, now hastened to him with this comfortable news.”
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(obsolete)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.”
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(obsolete)Serviceable; helpful.
“Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.”
noun
- (US)A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.
Words you can make from comfortable
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8 words7-letter words
25 words- COMFORT 14 pts
- CEMBALO 13 pts
- CLAMBER 13 pts
- FEMORAL 12 pts
- FORMATE 12 pts
- BLOOMER 11 pts
- BOOMLET 11 pts
- BROMATE 11 pts
- CORMLET 11 pts
- LAMBERT 11 pts
- REBLOOM 11 pts
- TEMBLOR 11 pts
- TOMBOLA 11 pts
- FLOATER 10 pts
- FLOREAT 10 pts
- FOOTLER 10 pts
- REFLOAT 10 pts
- BLOATER 9 pts
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- LOCATER 9 pts
- LOCATOR 9 pts
- RETABLO 9 pts
- TEAROOM 9 pts
- TOOLBAR 9 pts
- TREMOLO 9 pts
6-letter words
88 words- FERBAM 13 pts
- FLAMBE 13 pts
- BECALM 12 pts
- CAMBER 12 pts
- COMBAT 12 pts
- COMBER 12 pts
- COOMBE 12 pts
- CRAMBE 12 pts
- CRAMBO 12 pts
- RECOMB 12 pts
- TOMBAC 12 pts
- BEFOOL 11 pts
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- BOOMER 10 pts
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- CABLER 10 pts
- CABLET 10 pts
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- CAMLET 10 pts
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- LOOTER 6 pts
- RETOOL 6 pts
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5-letter words
78 words- CLOMB 11 pts
- COMBE 11 pts
- COMBO 11 pts
- COOMB 11 pts
- CLEFT 10 pts
- CRAFT 10 pts
- CROFT 10 pts
- FABLE 10 pts
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- BREAM 9 pts
- BROME 9 pts
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- BROOM 9 pts
- CABER 9 pts
- CABLE 9 pts
- CAMEL 9 pts
- CAMEO 9 pts
- CARBO 9 pts
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- CAROM 9 pts
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- COMAE 9 pts
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- COMET 9 pts
- COMTE 9 pts
- CREAM 9 pts
- EMBAR 9 pts
- AFOOT 8 pts
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- ALTER 5 pts
- ARTEL 5 pts
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