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comfortable [ˈkʌmftəbəl ˈkʌmfətəbəl] adj
1. giving comfort or physical relief 2. at ease 3. free from affliction or pain 4. (of a person or situation) relaxing 5. Informal having adequate income 6. Informal (of income) adequate to provide comfort comfortableness n comfortably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
comfortable adjective 1. loose-fitting, loose, adequate, ample, snug, roomy, commodious Dress in loose comfortable clothes that do not make you feel restricted. loose-fitting tight, tight-fitting, skin-tight 2. pleasant, homely, easy, relaxing, delightful, enjoyable, cosy, agreeable, restful A home should be comfortable and friendly. pleasant uncomfortable, inadequate, unpleasant, disagreeable 3. at ease, happy, at home, contented, relaxed, serene Lie down on your bed and make yourself comfortable. at ease troubled, nervous, disturbed, distressed, uncomfortable, tense, miserable, uneasy, ill at ease, on tenterhooks, like a fish out of water 4. (Informal) well-off, prosperous, affluent, well-to-do, comfortably-off, in clover (informal) She came from a stable, comfortable, middle-class family. Translations comfortable [ˈkʌmfətəbl] ADJ 1. (physically) [chair, shoes, position] → cómodo; [room, house, hotel] → confortable, cómodo; [temperature] → agradable are you comfortable, sitting there? → ¿estás cómodo sentado ahí? you don't look very comfortable → no pareces estar muy cómodo I'm not comfortable in these shoes → no estoy or voy cómodo con estos zapatos to make o.s. comfortable → ponerse cómodo 2. (mentally, emotionally) → cómodo, a gusto I'm not comfortable or I don't feel comfortable at formal dinners → no me siento cómodo or a gusto en las cenas formales she wasn't comfortable about giving him the keys → no se sentía a gusto dejándole las llaves to feel comfortable with sb/sth → sentirse cómodo or a gusto con algn/algo he came closer to the truth than was comfortable → se acercó de manera inquietante a la verdad 3. (financially) [income] → bueno, suficiente; [life, lifestyle] → holgado he's comfortable → está en buena posición económica comfortable [ˈkʌmfərtəbəl] adj (physically) [furniture, clothes] → confortable; [home, hotel] → confortable to be comfortable [person] → être à l'aise I'm very comfortable, thanks → Je suis parfaitement à l'aise, merci. to make o.s. comfortable → se mettre à l'aise (= without financial problems) → aisé(e) (= happy) to be comfortable about sth, to be comfortable with sth [+ idea, situation] → ne pas s'inquiéter de qch I don't feel very comfortable about it → Cela m'inquiète un peu. [lead, margin] → confortable; [victory] → facile comfortable adj armchair, bed, shoes, life, position → bequem; room, hotel etc → komfortabel; temperature → angenehm; to make somebody/oneself comfortable → es jdm/sich bequem machen; (= make at home) → es jdm/sich gemütlich machen; the sick man had a comfortable night → der Kranke hatte or verbrachte eine ruhige Nacht; the patient/his condition is comfortable → der Patient/er ist wohlauf; are you comfortable?, asked the nurse → liegen/sitzen etc Sie bequem?, fragte die Schwester; are you too hot? — no, I’m just comfortable → ist es Ihnen zu heiß? — nein, es ist angenehm so (fig) income, pension → ausreichend; life → geruhsam, angenehm; majority, lead → sicher; winner → überlegen; figure → mollig; he’s very comfortable to be with → bei ihm fühlt man sich sehr wohl; she had quite a comfortable feeling about it → sie hatte ein gutes Gefühl dabei; to feel comfortable with somebody/something → sich bei jdm/etw wohlfühlen; I’m not very comfortable about it → mir ist nicht ganz wohl bei der Sache; I’m not too comfortable about giving her the job → mir ist nicht ganz wohl bei dem Gedanken, ihr die Stelle zu geben; in comfortable circumstances (= well-off) → gut situiert comfortable [ˈkʌmf/ətəbl] adj (house, chair, shoes, life) → comodo/a; (income, majority) → più che sufficiente; (temperature) → piacevole to make o.s. comfortable → mettersi a proprio agio are you comfortable, sitting there? → sta comodo, seduto lì? I don't feel very comfortable about it → non mi sento molto tranquillo comfortable [ˈkʌmf/ətəbl] adj (house, chair, shoes, life) → comodo/a; (income, majority) → più che sufficiente; (temperature) → piacevole to make o.s. comfortable → mettersi a proprio agio are you comfortable, sitting there? → sta comodo, seduto lì? I don't feel very comfortable about it → non mi sento molto tranquillo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the warm fall weather passed, and on bitter nights of frost or damp nights of drizzle, the street corner was not a comfortable meeting-place. Twenty years before, when Dolly was a child, the lodge had been roomy and comfortable, though, like all lodges, it stood sideways to the entrance avenue, and faced the south. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more. |
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