comfort

Everyday

1. Comfort is a pleasant feeling of being relaxed, warm and free from pain or worry. tree →
2. To comfort someone means to make them feel less sad or scared. tree →
3. A comfort is a person or thing that makes you feel better. tree →
4. Comforts are things that make life easy and pleasant, like a warm bed. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life you comfort a friend who is upset with kind words or a hug. In stories comfort shows care between characters. In shops and homes, clothes and chairs are made for comfort. Phrases: «comfort someone», «take comfort in», «in comfort», «a comfort to», «comfort zone», «home comforts», «comfort food», «too close for comfort».

Examples

• I comforted my little brother when he fell over. tree →
• The cat was a great comfort to Grandma. tree →
• These shoes are made for comfort, not speed. tree →
• She took comfort in her friends' kind words. tree →
• We sat in comfort by the fire. tree →
• Trying a new sport takes you out of your comfort zone. tree →
• Soup is my favourite comfort food. tree →
• The storm came too close for comfort. tree →

Note

Verb is regular: comforted, comforting. Adjective «comfortable» (often said COMF-ta-ble). «Comfort» (help, ease) is not «comfit» (a sweet). Comforting someone does not mean making a problem disappear; it means showing you care.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Isaac was comforted for his mother. The tradition reads it as a model of comforting mourners, which Jewish law holds as a duty. Isaiah's "Comfort ye, my people" opens the seven readings of comfort after Tisha B'Av, promising God will console Israel. In the primary lessons: In everyday life you comfort a friend who is upset with kind words or a hug. In stories comfort shows care between characters. In shops and homes, clothes and chairs are made for comfort. Phrases: «comfort someone», «take comfort in», «in comfort», «a comfort to», «comfort zone», «home comforts», «comfort food», «too close for comfort».

Examples

• And Isaac was comforted for his mother. (Torah GEN.24.67, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them. (Torah GEN.50.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• How then comfort ye me in vain? (Writings JOB.21.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. (Prophets ISA.40.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou wilt increase my greatness, and turn and comfort me. (Writings PSA.71.21, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Verb is regular: comforted, comforting. Adjective «comfortable» (often said COMF-ta-ble). «Comfort» (help, ease) is not «comfit» (a sweet). Comforting someone does not mean making a problem disappear; it means showing you care.