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COMFORTABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comfortableness mean? 

COMFORTABLENESS (noun)
  The noun COMFORTABLENESS has 2 senses:

1. a state of being relaxed and feeling no painplay

2. a feeling of being at ease in a relationshipplay

  Familiarity information: COMFORTABLENESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMFORTABLENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

comfort; comfortableness

Context example:

she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair

Hypernyms ("comfortableness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Attribute:

comfortable; comfy (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal))

uncomfortable (providing or experiencing physical discomfort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "comfortableness"):

ease; relief (the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress))

solace; solacement (comfort in disappointment or misery)

cosiness; coziness; snugness (a state of warm snug comfort)

convenience (the state of being suitable or opportune)

Derivation:

comfortable (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A feeling of being at ease in a relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("comfortableness" is a kind of...):

belonging (happiness felt in a secure relationship)

Derivation:

comfortable (free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind)


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