I.
noun
1 having all your body needs/a pleasant life
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete , great , maximum , modest , reasonable
▪
They live in modest ~.
▪ comparative ( esp. BrE ), relative
▪ added
▪
a quilted cover for added ~
▪ domestic , personal , physical
COMFORT + NOUN
▪ level
▪ zone
▪
She's willing to venture outside her ~ zone ( = try things that are more challenging ).
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
I dress for ~ rather than elegance.
▪ in ~
▪
I like to travel in reasonable ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
He enjoys dangerous sports from the ~ of his couch.
PHRASES
▪ a degree of ~ , a standard of ~
▪
The hotel offers a high standard of ~.
▪ in the ~ of your own home
▪
Learn a new language in the ~ of your own home.
▪ too close for ~
▪
The sound of gunfire was too close for ~.
2 help/kindness to sb who is suffering
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ little , small
▪ cold
▪
A drop in the unemployment rate was cold ~ for those without a job ( = not much comfort at all ).
… OF COMFORT
▪ crumb , word
VERB + COMFORT
▪ bring sb , give sb , offer sb , provide sb with
▪
His kind words brought some ~ to the grieving parents.
▪ derive , draw , find , get , have , seek , take
▪
They sought ~ in each other.
▪
We took great ~ from the fact that our savings were safe.
▪ need
▪
I need all the ~ I can get right now.
COMFORT + NOUN
▪ food
▪
Chocolate is a great ~ food.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
She found ~ in music.
PHRASES
▪ a source of ~
3 sb/sth that helps when you are suffering, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
The children have been a great ~ to me through all of this.
4 sth that makes life easier
ADJECTIVE
▪ modern
▪ creature , home ( BrE ), material
▪
I hate camping—I miss all my creature ~s.
▪ spiritual
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ greatly
▪
The idea that he was not alone ~ed him greatly.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed to know
▪
He was ~ed to know that most people in the class knew even less than he.
▪ being ~ed by family, friends, etc.
▪
The victim's widow was today being ~ed by family and friends.
▪ feel ~ed
Comfort is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ baby , ↑ sick