COMFORTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comforted mean? 

• COMFORTED (adjective)
  The adjective COMFORTED has 1 sense:

1. made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress

  Familiarity information: COMFORTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMFORTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress

Context example:

the news make her feel comforted

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

But I had wounded Dora's soft little heart, and she was not to be comforted.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I comforted him as well as I could.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

News from their father comforted the girls very much, for though dangerously ill, the presence of the best and tenderest of nurses had already done him good.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We soothed and comforted her by such words as we could find.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Still, for many days they grieved over the loss of the Wonderful Wizard, and would not be comforted.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

But the king was not to be comforted, and for a long time never thought of taking another wife.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

To be otherwise comforted was out of the question.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"I'll kiss you and welcome: bend your head down." Bessie stooped; we mutually embraced, and I followed her into the house quite comforted.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She was then interrupted by Harriet's coming in; and if Harriet's praise could have satisfied her, she might soon have been comforted.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The mother called them to her and comforted them, telling them not to bother White Fang.

(White Fang, by Jack London)