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COLD COMFORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cold comfort mean?
• COLD COMFORT (noun)
The noun COLD COMFORT has 1 sense:
1. very limited consolation or empathy
Familiarity information: COLD COMFORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very limited consolation or empathy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Context example:
he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me
Hypernyms ("cold comfort" is a kind of...):
consolation; solace; solacement (the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment)
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"With your hat in your hand you can travel the entire country." (Dutch proverb)