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comfortable

  • adjective
  • kŭmf′tə-bəl

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.

Example

“This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.”

Other meanings

  1. In a state of comfort and content.

    “What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.”

  2. Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.

Antonyms

  • uncomfortable

Related words

  • semicomfortable
  • supercomfortable
  • comfortability
  • comfortable as an old shoe
  • comfortable in one's own skin
  • comfortableness
  • comfortably
  • comfy
  • overcomfortable
  • uncomfortable

Example sentences

  • “Beauty is about feeling comfortable in your own skin.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “Are you safe and comfortable?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “These are really comfortable shoes.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old French "confortable".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “comfortable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.