comforter
/'kʌmfətə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who comforts: Someone who provides consolation, emotional support, or reassurance to another person.
- A type of thick, warm bed covering: A quilted bed covering, typically filled with down, feathers, or synthetic fiber, used for warmth.
- A pacifier for a baby: A device, often made of rubber or silicone, for an infant to suck on for comfort.
- A long, warm scarf: A scarf worn around the neck for warmth, often covering the mouth.
Usage and Examples
- Person who comforts:
- After the loss, she was a great comforter to her friend.
- He acted as a comforter, offering kind words during the difficult time.
- Bed covering:
- She pulled the fluffy comforter up to her chin on the cold night.
- The bed was made with a thick down comforter.
- Pacifier:
- The baby stopped crying when given her comforter.
- He searched for the baby's comforter in the diaper bag.
- Scarf:
- He wrapped a woolen comforter around his neck before going out in the snow.
Advanced Usage
- "To be someone's comforter": To take on the role of providing solace to a specific person.
- In times of grief, he knew he had to be his sister's comforter.
- Figurative use for objects: An object that provides a sense of comfort or security.
- The old, tattered blanket was her childhood comforter.
Variants and Related Words
- Comfort (verb/noun): To soothe or console; a state of physical ease or consolation.
- Comforting (adjective): Providing comfort.
- Comfortable (adjective): Providing physical ease and relaxation.
Synonyms
- Consoler: One who comforts.
- Quilt, Duvet: Types of bed coverings.
- Pacifier, Soother: A device for a baby to suck on.
- Scarf, Muffler: A neck wrap for warmth.
Related Phrases
- Comforter in chief: A humorous or informal title for someone who is the primary source of comfort in a group or family.
- With her kind heart, she was the comforter in chief of the household.
Related Idioms
- A Job's comforter: Someone who, while pretending to offer comfort, actually adds to a person's distress by emphasizing the negative. (This idiom is based on the biblical figure Job, whose friends offered unhelpful counsel.)
- Telling her "it could be worse" made him feel like a Job's comforter.
Noun
- device used for an infant to suck or bite on
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
- a reliever of anxiety
- an allayer of fears
- commiserates with someone who has had misfortune