comforted

comparative more comforted · superlative most comforted

1. Having been soothed or comforted.

   I'm afraid I can't be very comforted by the thought that people I love are in a better place.

   2021, H. G. Parry, A Radical Act of Free Magic

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   I also felt very comforted knowing that you were consistently calling the hospital to check on me during my stay at the hospital.

   2010, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Christianity and the Brain, page 93

   To summarize: on the average, rightists are made more anxious by ambiguity and have a stronger need for closure, dislike novelty, are more comforted by structure and hierarchy, more readily perceive circumstances as threatening, and are more parochial in their empathy.

   2017, Robert M Sapolsky, Behave

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of comfort