creature comforts

American  

plural noun

1. things that contribute to bodily comfort and ease, as food, warmth, a comfortable bed, hot water for bathing, etc.

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creature comforts British  

plural noun

1. material things or luxuries that help to provide for one's bodily comfort

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creature comforts Cultural  

1. The basic physical things that make life pleasant — good food, warm clothing, etc.: “The poor frequently lack the creature comforts the rest of us take for granted.”

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Etymology

Origin of creature comforts

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

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creature comforts

It's all the fun of camping - sleeping under the stars, waking up to beautiful views and toasting marshmallows round an open fire - but with creature comforts.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

American drivers also have shifted to bigger vehicles with more costly creature comforts, such as heated steering wheels and vented seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

The trend toward extravagance dovetailed nicely with the emergence of baby boomers and older Gen X–ers with more disposable income, the hankering for less-traveled international locales and a generational shift toward more creature comforts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025

He reassures himself that in becoming a hermit — leaving behind his daughter, Bethany, and grandchildren, Leah and Asher — and eschewing most creature comforts, he’s modeling Thoreau’s “Walden.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

Rather than moving vertically downward, one may move horizontally outward toward a point of sufficient detachment where a modicum of creature comforts are not necessarily precluded.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole