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comfortcore

comfortcore noun: an aesthetic and fashion or design movement focusing on cosiness, homeliness and comfort.

Noun

comfortcore (uncountable)

  1. An aesthetic and fashion or design movement focusing on cosiness, homeliness and comfort.
    • Who says you have to suffer for fashion? “Comfort” is the buzzword in style these days — comfortcore, if you will — as more and more women choose to kick up (and off) their heels in oversized knits, drawstring bottoms and the ever-practical sneaker. […] So how does one do comfortcore? Here’s a...2015 June 4, Eva Lam, “The casual revolution: It’s fashionable to be comfortable … call it ‘comfortcore’”, in Metro, Vancouver edition, Vancouver, B.C.: Metro International, page 14
    • And while the designed inclined might want to sacrifice a little bit of comfort for something more aesthetically pleasing, there are many ways to stylishly incorporate comfortcore into any room of the home.2022 December 30, Amanda Lauren, “Will Comfortcore Be The Biggest Design Trend Of 2023? Here’s What A Wayfair Survey And Interior Designers Have To Say”, in Forbes, Jersey City, N.J., →ISSN, →OCLC...

Examples of comfortcore in a sentence

  • The comfortcore trend was shaped by bespoke consumer insights, with a survey on more than 2,000 UK adults commissioned by YouGov, examining our feelings associated with home.2023 February 14, “Comfortcore is the cosy interiors trend to watch out for in 2023”, in Bridgwater Mercury, →OCLC, page 35, column 1:
  • The pushback is ongoing and most recently represented by the internet-driven trend known as comfortcore (3.5 billion views on TikTok).2023 March 3, Eleanor Flegg, “The comfort v style dilemma: Thought you couldn’t combine the two? Think again — our experts explain exactly...
  • Her earnest treatment of deadpan ideas has a comic effect, and a certain poignancy, but spend enough time with her “comfortcore paintings” (as she calls them) and a sense of unease may overtake you.2024 September 4, Andrew Russeth, Yinka Elujoba, “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in September”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The...

Origin of comfortcore

From comfort + -core.

Questions about comfortcore

What does comfortcore mean?
Comfortcore means an aesthetic and fashion or design movement focusing on cosiness, homeliness and comfort.
How do you use comfortcore in a sentence?
The comfortcore trend was shaped by bespoke consumer insights, with a survey on more than 2,000 UK adults commissioned by YouGov, examining our feelings associated with home.
What part of speech is comfortcore?
Comfortcore is a noun.

Words near comfortcore in the dictionary

  1. comfortablest
  2. comfortably
  3. comfortably off
  4. comfortative
  5. comfortatives
  6. comfortcore
  7. comforted
  8. comfortedest
  9. comfortedst
  10. comforter
  11. comforters

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