Comfortless

/ˈkʌmfətləs/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted.

    "I will nott leave you comfoꝛtleſſe: I will come vnto you."

  2. 2
    Of a thing: offering no comfort; uncomforting.

    "Alas poore hart, that kiſſe is comfortleſſe, / As frozen vvater to a ſtarued ſnake."

Adjective
  1. 1
    without comfort wordnet

Synonyms

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affectingapatheticbitterbleakcheerlessdeplorable

Example

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"I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought."

Etymology

From Middle English comfortles; equivalent to comfort + -less.

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