comfortable

[ kuhmf-tuh-buh l, kuhm-fer-tuh-buh l ]

/ ˈkʌmf tə bəl, ˈkʌm fər tə bəl /

adjective

(of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.

being in a state of physical or mental comfort; contented and undisturbed; at ease: to be comfortable in new shoes; I don't feel comfortable in the same room with her.

(of a person, situation, etc.) producing mental comfort or ease; easy to accommodate oneself to or associate with: She's a comfortable person to be with.

more than adequate or sufficient: a comfortable salary.

Obsolete. cheerful.

noun

Chiefly Northern U.S. a quilted bedcover; comforter.

Words nearby comfortable

comfort letter, comfort station, comfort stop, comfort woman, comfort zone, comfortable, comfortable as an old shoe, as, comforter, comforting, comfrey, comfy

Origin of comfortable

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Anglo-French word confortable. See comfort, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM comfortable

com·fort·a·ble·ness, com·fort·a·bil·i·ty, nouncom·fort·a·bly, adverbqua·si-com·fort·a·ble, adjectivequa·si-com·fort·a·bly, adverb

su·per·com·fort·a·ble, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for comfortability

comfortable

/ (ˈkʌmftəbəl, ˈkʌmfətəbəl) /

adjective

giving comfort or physical relief

at ease

free from affliction or pain

(of a person or situation) relaxing

informal having adequate income

informal (of income) adequate to provide comfort

Derived forms of comfortable

comfortableness, nouncomfortably, adverb

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