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comfortableness

comfortableness

1 4.5
A feeling of being relaxed and at ease with people or places
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌmfərtəblnəs/
translation icon : comodidad
  • A comfortableness with contradiction seems to be that mind's most salient characteristic.

Examples

  • It grows out of a self-existing and noncompetitive comfortableness with one's self.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I'm not sure how I come off to them, and that's something that I am still not sure of because I know internally I have the best intentions. I want to help them and their child, but I'm concerned that sometimes, in my comfortableness with that fact, I overlook the things I can do to set them at ease that are culturally appropriate for them and their child.

    Academic text (2004)
  • They are attraction, diversity, comfortableness, invitation, distinctiveness, and attachment (p. 144).

    Academic text (2015)
  • The ethnic sentiments encountered in many recent Chicano novels, however, are a comfortableness with ethnicity and a cultural introspection that is trying to define itself on its own terms.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Sitting in her favorite chair brought her a wonderful sense of comfortableness after a long day.

  • His comfortableness in social settings made it easy for him to make new friends.

  • The hotel's atmosphere provided an immediate comfortableness that made guests feel welcome.

Synonyms

ease
vscomfortableness
304 1.0

A state of comfort and freedom from worry

focuses more on being physically or socially calm rather than only relief
comfort
vscomfortableness
190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

refers only to the quality of being physically or socially at peace
relaxation
vscomfortableness
54 1.6

A calm, stress-free state when you rest or enjoy free time

is broader, including calm in social or physical situations, not only during leisure
coziness
vscomfortableness
  • US
4 2.3

A warm comfortable feeling of being safe in a small familiar place

is broader, covering physical or social peace beyond warm small spaces
comfortability
vscomfortableness
1 7.0

How comfortable something feels, for example a bed or chair

is the less common noun form using a different suffix
restfulness
vscomfortableness
1 3.2

A calm, peaceful feeling that helps you relax

focuses on social or physical calm, not only peaceful quietness
snugness
vscomfortableness
1 3.4

A warm, cozy feeling that makes you comfortable

is broader, covering physical or social peace beyond warm protected small spaces
relaxedness
vscomfortableness
5.5

A calm, comfortable state with little worry or stress

includes this calm but also covers general physical and social pleasantness
homeyness
vscomfortableness
  • US
4.8

A warm, comfortable feeling like being at home

is more general, applying to calm in many places not only domestic feeling
cozy atmosphere
vscomfortableness
  • US
3.4

A warm, comfortable feeling in a room that makes you feel relaxed

covers the general state of being at peace beyond specific places
cozy vibe
vscomfortableness
  • Informal
3.9

A warm, comfortable feeling in a place that makes people feel welcome

relates to general calm beyond place based warm feelings

Antonyms

119 3.2

A feeling of physical pain or mental unease

19 4.4

A feeling of worry and not being relaxed

How Comfortable

comfortableness
1 4.5
comfort
190 1.0
unease
19 4.4
discomfort
119 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

comfortableness = comfortable (transparent) = comfort + able + ness

Built by standard adjective-to-noun suffixation (comfortable + -ness); the meaning follows directly from 'comfortable'.

Etymology

Comfortableness comes from comfort plus the endings -able and -ness; comfort once meant 'to make strong' and later came to mean 'to make feel better', so think of it as giving strength or ease. That's why comfortableness means the state of being 'comfortable' or 'at ease'.