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comfort eating

comfort eating noun: the consumption of food for pleasure, self-reassurance, and in some cases to relieve stress, grief or pain, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.

Noun

comfort eating (uncountable)

  1. The consumption of food for pleasure, self-reassurance, and in some cases to relieve stress, grief or pain, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.

comfort eating meaning in Hindi

comfort eating in Hindi

Translations
भावनात्मक खान-पान bhāvanātmak khān-pān

Words formed from comfort eating

Questions about comfort eating

What does comfort eating mean?
Comfort eating means the consumption of food for pleasure, self-reassurance, and in some cases to relieve stress, grief or pain, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.
What is comfort eating in Hindi?
Comfort eating in Hindi is भावनात्मक खान-पान (bhāvanātmak khān-pān). See Comfort eating meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is comfort eating?
Comfort eating is a noun.

Words near comfort eating in the dictionary

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  3. comfort break
  4. comfort breaks
  5. Comfort Cove-Newstead
  6. comfort eating
  7. comfort fic
  8. comfort food
  9. comfort foods
  10. comfort girl
  11. comfort girls

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