comfort
verb (used with object)
to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to.
comfortless
-
a word derived from
comfort.
Example Sentences
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What about the fanciness of Douglass’ house, which stands in stark contrast to the comfortless life we’ve seen Brown and Henry living?
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2020
Now I am dead you come to me In the moonlight, comfortless; Ah, what would I have given alive To win such tenderness!
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2016
That doesn't diminish the pain and anxiety of the elderly women who now face a comfortless old age.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2014
As cold to himself as to his clients, he lives in a comfortless flat where the entrails from the previous night’s chicken dinner still decorate the bathroom floor.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2013
In the solitary, comfortless course of his recent driftings, Perry had over and over again reviewed this indictment, and had decided it was unjust.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
