Comfortless

Comfortless
Comfortless Com"fort*less, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. [1913 Webster]

Comfortless through tyranny or might. --Spenser.

Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- {Com"fort*less*ly}, adv. -- {Com"fort*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • comfortless — index bleak (severely simple), disconsolate, lamentable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • comfortless — adjective see comfort II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • comfortless — adjective Offering no comfort …   Wiktionary

  • comfortless — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. forlorn, desolate, cold; see dismal 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Causing discomfort: uncomfortable, uncomforting. Informal: uncomfy. See COMFORT …   English dictionary for students

  • comfortless — com·fort·less || kÊŒmfÉ™(r)tlɪs adj. without comfort or consolation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • comfortless — a. 1. [Said of places.] Forlorn, cheerless, desolate, wretched, miserable, dreary, drear, bleak. 2. [Said of persons.] Inconsolable, disconsolate, woe begone, heart broken, broken hearted, forlorn, desolate, wretched, miserable …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • comfortless — adj 1. dismal, inhospitable, drear, cheerless. See cheerless (def.1). 2. inconsolable, disconsolate, forlorn, woebegotten, sick at heart, wretched. See cheerless (def.2) …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • comfortless — com·fort·less …   English syllables

  • comfortless — adj. 1 dreary, cheerless. 2 without comfort …   Useful english dictionary

  • Comfortlessly — Comfortless Com fort*less, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. [1913 Webster] Comfortless through tyranny or might. Spenser. Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. {Com… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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