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overcomfortable

overcomfortable adjective: excessively comfortable.

Adjective

overcomfortable (comparative more overcomfortable, superlative most overcomfortable)

  1. Excessively comfortable.
    • At that moment his sneakers feel horribly, horribly overcomfortable. Maybe you’ve experienced this sensation. You’re riding on a commuter train, and all around you people are in business suits. In this context, your casual clothes feel ridiculously soft and easy. You might as well be wearing...1997 November 10, David Brooks, “THE SHOES MAKE THE MAN”, in Washington Examiner, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024
    • The “over” and “under” prefixes, however, seem only to be applied to things that we, as a culture or collective, determine to be tolerable in the first place. Each prefix transmits a deviation in what is or can be tolerated. For example, when was the last time you heard a KKK member described as...(Can we date this quote?), Chris Christou, “There is No Such Thing as Overtourism”, in The End of Tourism, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2026

Forms of overcomfortable

comparativemore overcomfortable
superlativemost overcomfortable

Origin of overcomfortable

From over- + comfortable.

Questions about overcomfortable

What does overcomfortable mean?
Overcomfortable means excessively comfortable.
What part of speech is overcomfortable?
Overcomfortable is an adjective.

Words near overcomfortable in the dictionary

  1. overcomer
  2. overcomers
  3. overcomes
  4. overcomest
  5. overcometh
  6. overcomfortable
  7. overcoming
  8. overcomingly
  9. overcomings
  10. overcommend
  11. overcommended

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