comfortableness

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noun

Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.

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Meanings

nouncomfortableness (usually uncountable, plural comfortablenesses)

plural comfortablenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyComfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.

    I was only alive to the condensed confidential comfortableness of sharing a pipe and a blanket with a real friend.

    1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
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    At that moment his sneakers feel horribly, horribly overcomfortable. Maybe you’ve experienced this sensation. You’re riding on a commuter train, and all around you people are in business suits. In this context, your casual clothes feel ridiculously soft and easy. You might as well be wearing pajamas. The comfortableness hangs on you like a cloying hug.

    1997 November 10, David Brooks, “THE SHOES MAKE THE MAN”, in Washington Examiner, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

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APA

comfortableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortableness

MLA

“comfortableness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortableness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comfortableness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortableness.

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