Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comfort eating

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
com-fort eat-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The consumption of food for pleasure, self-reassurance, and in some cases to relieve stress, grief or pain, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

comfort-eat comfort food

Frequently Paired Words

comfort food Kummerspeck

Questions

What does comfort eating mean?
The consumption of food for pleasure, self-reassurance, and in some cases to relieve stress, grief or pain, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.

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