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comfortless

Syllables: com·fort·less/ˈkʌmfətləs/US/ˈkʌmfəɹtləs/

comfortless adjective: of a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted.

Adjective

comfortless (comparative more comfortless, superlative most comfortless)

  1. Of a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
    • I will nott leave you comfoꝛtleſſe: I will come vnto you.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John xiiij:[18], folio cxliij, recto
    • [W]e beſche thee, leaue vs not comfortles, but ſende to vs thine holy ghoſt to comfort vs, and exalte vs vnto thy ſame place, whither our ſauiour Chriſte is gone before: […]1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Introites, Collectes, Epistles, and Gospels, to be Used at the Celebracion of the Lordes Supper & Holye Communion, throughe the Yeare: With...
  2. Of a thing: offering no comfort; uncomforting.
    • Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake.c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas...
    • The former ſaid it would be better to wait till the moon, which now appeared faintly, ſhould afford them light to ſee the marks which, in ſuch places, are generally made to direct travellers through the floods. To this the men, and particularly Heurthofen, reluctantly conſented; but as the wind and...1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter IV, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 82

comfortless meaning in Malayalam

comfortless in Malayalam

ആശ്വാസമറ്റ, ആശ്വാസമേകാത്ത, സുഖമില്ലാത്ത, ആശ്വാസമില്ലായ്മ

Examples of comfortless in a sentence

  • O my ſvveet ſir, nevves fitting to the night, / Blacke, fearefull, comfortleſſe, and horrible.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...
  • The Queene is comfortleſſe, and wee forgetfull / In our long abſence: pray doe not deliuer, / What heere y'haue heard to her.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William...
  • The hope I dreamed of was a dream, / Was but a dream; and now I wake / Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old, / For a dream's sake.1862, Christina Rossetti, “Mirage”, in Goblin Market and Other Poems, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; London: Macmillan & Co., […], →OCLC, page...
  • I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although wetted by the rain, which poured from a black and comfortless sky.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London...

Synonyms of comfortless

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Forms of comfortless

comparativemore comfortless
superlativemost comfortless

Origin of comfortless

From Middle English comfortles; equivalent to comfort + -less.

Words formed from comfortless

Questions about comfortless

What does comfortless mean?
Comfortless means of a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
What is comfortless in Malayalam?
Comfortless in Malayalam is ആശ്വാസമറ്റ, ആശ്വാസമേകാത്ത, സുഖമില്ലാത്ത. See Comfortless meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use comfortless in a sentence?
O my ſvveet ſir, nevves fitting to the night, / Blacke, fearefull, comfortleſſe, and horrible.
What part of speech is comfortless?
Comfortless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce comfortless?
Comfortless is pronounced /ˈkʌmfətləs/ (UK).

Words near comfortless in the dictionary

  1. comfortization
  2. comfortize
  3. comfortized
  4. comfortizes
  5. comfortizing
  6. comfortless
  7. comfortlessly
  8. comfortlessness
  9. comfortment
  10. comfortments
  11. comfortress

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