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COMFORTABLENESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does comfortableness mean?

• COMFORTABLENESS (noun)
The noun COMFORTABLENESS has 2 senses:

1. a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
2. a feeling of being at ease in a relationship

Familiarity information: COMFORTABLENESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COMFORTABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

comfort; comfortableness

Context examples:

he is a man who enjoys his comfort / she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair

Hypernyms ("comfortableness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Attribute:

comfortable; comfy (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal))

uncomfortable (providing or experiencing physical discomfort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "comfortableness"):

ease; relief (the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress))

solace; solacement (comfort in disappointment or misery)

cosiness; coziness; snugness (a state of warm snug comfort)

convenience (the state of being suitable or opportune)

Sense 2

comfortableness ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A feeling of being at ease in a relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("comfortableness" is a kind of...):

belonging (happiness felt in a secure relationship)

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