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comfortless.

Adjective
SettingLiterary
MEANING

1. Lacking the conveniences, warmth, or ease that would make an experience or place comfortable.

2. Offering or receiving no emotional consolation.

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  • a comfortless room
  • a comfortless bed
  • a comfortless journey

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The comfortless room offered a narrow bed and a window that would not close.
They spent a comfortless night beside the stalled truck, taking turns with the only blanket.

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Primary category: setting. Forms: Usually non-gradable; more comfortless and most comfortless are possible in expressive prose. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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