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comfortless

comfortless

1 6.1
Not making you feel warm, safe, or calm
  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌmfərtləs/
translation icon : inconfortable
  • She shivered in the comfortless room, wishing for a warm blanket and a cup of tea.

Examples

  • 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.

  • 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

uncomfortable
vscomfortless
713 1.7

Causing physical pain or making you feel uneasy in a situation

is a general lack of ease or any sense of relief
uncomfy
vscomfortless
  • Informal
1 7.0

Feeling not relaxed and a little worried or in pain

is absence of any ease or relief rather than just mild unease
pleasureless
vscomfortless
6.2

Not enjoyable or satisfying

focuses on lack of ease or relief rather than absence of enjoyment

Antonyms

494 1.0

Not feeling pain or physical discomfort

How Comfortable

luxurious
62 5.6
to cozy
  • US
14 3.4
comfortable
494 1.0
uncomfortable
713 1.7
comfortless
1 6.1

Surface Forms

comfortless positive

Morphology

comfortless = comfort (transparent) = comfort + less

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'comfort' with the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the meaning is easily derivable.

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'.