Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to comfort
Participle: comforted
Gerund: comforting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | comfort |
| you | comfort |
| he;she;it | comforts |
| we | comfort |
| you | comfort |
| they | comfort |
Perfect
| I | have comforted |
| you | have comforted |
| he;she;it | has comforted |
| we | have comforted |
| you | have comforted |
| they | have comforted |
Past
| I | comforted |
| you | comforted |
| he;she;it | comforted |
| we | comforted |
| you | comforted |
| they | comforted |
Pluperfect
| I | had comforted |
| you | had comforted |
| he;she;it | had comforted |
| we | had comforted |
| you | had comforted |
| they | had comforted |
Future
| I | will comfort |
| you | will comfort |
| he;she;it | will comfort |
| we | will comfort |
| you | will comfort |
| they | will comfort |
Future Perfect
| I | will have comforted |
| you | will have comforted |
| he;she;it | will have comforted |
| we | will have comforted |
| you | will have comforted |
| they | will have comforted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | comfort |
| you | comfort |
| he;she;it | comfort |
| we | comfort |
| you | comfort |
| they | comfort |
Perfect
| I | have comforted |
| you | have comforted |
| he;she;it | have comforted |
| we | have comforted |
| you | have comforted |
| they | have comforted |
Imperfect
| I | comforted |
| you | comforted |
| he;she;it | comforted |
| we | comforted |
| you | comforted |
| they | comforted |
Pluperfect
| I | had comforted |
| you | had comforted |
| he;she;it | had comforted |
| we | had comforted |
| you | had comforted |
| they | had comforted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would comfort |
| you | would comfort |
| he;she;it | would comfort |
| we | would comfort |
| you | would comfort |
| they | would comfort |
Perfect
| I | would have comforted |
| you | would have comforted |
| he;she;it | would have comforted |
| we | would have comforted |
| you | would have comforted |
| they | would have comforted |
Imperative
| you | comfort |
| we | Let's comfort |
| you | comfort |
Verbs conjugated like 'comfort'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'comfort'
comport,
cohort,
colport,
comfit,
compart,
compost,
conform,
consort,
contort,
recomfort,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- console
- solace, relieve, pacify, soothe, calm, condole, succor
- satisfy
- nourish, revitalize, revive, gratify, cheer, bolster, pamper, refresh
Antonyms
- to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)
- allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, conciliate, console, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, settle, soothe, enrage
- to cause pain
- alleviate, analgesize, benumb, dave, ease, heal, numb, relieve, soothe, hurt
- console
- agitate, disturb, annoy, dishearten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1280, from O.Fr.
conforter "to comfort, help, strengthen," from L.L.
confortare "to strengthen much" (used in Vulgate), from L.
com- intens. prefix +
fortis "strong." The n. (c.1225) replaced O.E.
frofor. Comfortable is from c.1340.
Comforter "quilted coverlet" is from 1832.
Comforts (as opposed to necessities and luxuries) is from 1659;
comfy first recorded 1829.
2. From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”). See: Middle English '
comforten', Old French '
conforter'.
Sample Sentences
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Ah, brave, manly heart,—smothering thine own sorrow, to comfort thy beloved ones ! Tom spoke with a thick utterance, and with a bitter choking in his throat,—but he spoke brave and strong.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ It don't seem to comfort me, but I spect it orter, ” said Aunt Chloe. “ But dar's no use talkin ’; I'll jes wet up de corn-cake, and get ye one good breakfast, ’ cause nobody knows when you'll get another. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] who went to Canada more than a year ago. He heard, after he got there, that his master was so angry at him for going off that he had whipped his poor old mother; and he has come all the way back to comfort her, and get a chance to get her away. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER XII Select Incident of Lawful Trade “ In Ramah there was a voice heard,—weeping, and lamentation, and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Poor John ! It _was_ rather natural; and the tears that fell, as he spoke, came as naturally as if he had been a white man. Tom drew a long breath from a sore heart, and tried, in his poor way, to comfort him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] are inseparable from any other relations in social and domestic life_. ” But Tom, as we see, being a poor, ignorant fellow, whose reading had been confined entirely to the New Testament, could not comfort and solace himself with views like these. His very soul bled within him for what seemed to him the _wrongs_ of the poor suffering thing that lay like a crushed reed on the boxes; the feeling, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] are a sad rattle-brain ! ” “ Am I ? Well, so I am, I suppose; but for once I will be serious, now; but you must hand me that basket of oranges; — you see, you'll have to ‘stay me with flagons and comfort me with apples, ’ if I 'm going to make this effort. Now, ” said Augustine, drawing the basket up, “ I'll begin: When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a fellow to hold two or [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ That's true enough ” said St. Clare; “ but do, ” he said to Miss Ophelia, “ see if you can't comfort the poor creature. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] was a little sort of street of rude shanties, in a row, in a part of the plantation, far off from the house. They had a forlorn, brutal, forsaken air. Tom's heart sunk when he saw them. He had been comforting himself with the thought of a cottage, rude, indeed, but one which he might make neat and quiet, and where he might have a shelf for his Bible, and a place to be alone out of his laboring hours. He [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom woke. Was it a dream ? Let it pass for one. But who shall say that that sweet young spirit, which in life so yearned to comfort and console the distressed, was forbidden of God to assume this ministry after death ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)