comfortless
- adjective
- /ˈkʌmfərtləs/
- She shivered in the comfortless room, wishing for a warm blanket and a cup of tea.
Examples
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The sunlight made everything look warm, but the sky was a brittle and comfortless blue.
Fiction book (1991) -
To warm the wretched and to clothe the comfortless, my Lord.
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God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.
Blog text (30) -
If I were going to spend my days tromping through the comfortless sections of the city, I wanted a little ease to return to.
Fiction book (1998) -
It was a comfortless tranquility.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was tidy and comfortless.
Fiction book (1994) -
It was a cold life in a comfortless universe; I didn't believe in God, the afterlife, or leprechauns.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was Shirley Ventura Meeker, her white body dimpled and pudgy in the comfortless sunlight.
Fiction book (1996) -
She had died in the storm, and it had rained continually until she was in her grave—a cold and comfortless rain, with lightning and thunder.
Fiction book (1992) -
Perhaps this is why, century after century, we common readers go on clinging to the spiritualizing mentors of traditional faith, who clothe in comforting theologies this God-wrestling and comfortless book.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
Causing physical pain or making you feel uneasy in a situation
Feeling not relaxed and a little worried or in pain
Not enjoyable or satisfying
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Comfortless is made from comfort and the ending -less. Comfort once meant 'to give strength' and today means 'ease' or 'relief', while -less means 'without', so comfortless means 'without ease or relief'.