comforter
pronunciation
How to pronounce comforter in British English:
UK [ˈkʌmfətə(r)]
How to pronounce comforter in American English:
US [ˈkʌmfərtə(r)]
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- Noun:
- commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
- a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- device used for an infant to suck or bite on
Word Origin
- comforter (n.)
- mid-14c., "one who consoles or comforts," from Anglo-French confortour (Old French comforteor), from Vulgar Latin *confortatorem, agent noun from Late Latin confortare (see comfort (v.)). As a kind of scarf, from 1823; as a kind of coverlet, from 1832.
Example
- 1. Comforter often feel that they have duty to give advice to solve the problems .
- 2. I smiled snuggling farther into my camo comforter .
- 3. If you never felt sadness , how would you know that I am a comforter ?
- 4. If I were a comforter would you think of me as nothing that great ?
- 5. If you never felt sadness , how would you know that I 'm a comforter ?