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Adjective: comforted  kúm-fu(r)-tid
  1. Made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress
    "the news made her feel comforted"
Verb: comfort  kúm-fu(r)t
  1. Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
    "The nurse comforted the patient";
    - ease
     
  2. Try to help someone feel less distressed, grieving, or disappointed through sympathetic words or actions
    "His friends comforted him after the loss of his job";
    - soothe, console, solace

See also: comfortable

Type of: act, alleviate, assuage, move, palliate, relieve

Encyclopedia: Comfort, Texas