Cold Comfort Definition
noun
Extremely limited empathy, sympathy, or encouragement.
American Heritage
Ineffective or insufficient consolation.
Webster's New World
(idiomatic) Much less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- faustianism
Other Word Forms of Cold Comfort
Noun
Singular:
cold comfortPlural:
cold comforts
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