Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comforted

/kˈʌmfɚtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: com-fort-ed
IPA: /kˈʌmfɚtɪd/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been soothed or comforted.

verb

simple past and past participle of comfort

Example Sentences

"I also felt very comforted knowing that you were consistently calling the hospital to check on me during my stay at the hospital."
"To summarize: on the average, rightists are made more anxious by ambiguity and have a stronger need for closure, dislike novelty, are more comforted by structure and hierarchy, more readily perceive circumstances as threatening, and are more parochial in their empathy."
"I'm afraid I can't be very comforted by the thought that people I love are in a better place."

Inflected Forms

more comforted (comparative) most comforted (superlative)

Derived Forms

uncomforted

Questions

How do you pronounce comforted?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌmfɚtɪd/.
What does comforted mean?: Having been soothed or comforted.

How to pronounce comforted

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