cold comfort

Speech parts

1. cold comfort - Noun

2. cold comfort - Phrase

Meaning

very limited consolation or empathy

Source: WordNet

Antonyms

inspiration pity easement condolence commiseration assuagement
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Hypernyms

consolation solace solacement

Examples

"I see you're leaving me and taking up with the enemy the cold comfort of the in between a little less than a human being a little less than a happy high a little less than a suicide the only things that you really tried. Elliott Smith

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons. Meg Cabot

Cold comfort to fill their hungry stomach. William Bradford (1590-1657)

he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me Source: Internet

Alone and with nothing left to fear, Catherine deClaire Reed answers her sister’s desperate plea and travels to the cold comfort of her home in Reconstruction Louisiana. Source: Internet

Their face-saving strike that saved no face can be cold comfort at best. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

cold comfort

Close letter words and terms

cold climatic conditions cold cock cold coffee cold compress cold condition cold conditions