comfortless

comfort +‎ -less

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌm.fət.ləs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌm.fɚt.ləs/

comfortless (comparative more comfortless, superlative most comfortless)

1. (of a person) Deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, John 14:18,

     I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

   • c. 1612, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Henry VIII, Act II, Scene 3,

     The queen is comfortless, and we forgetful

     In our long absence: pray, do not deliver

     What here you've heard to her.

   • 1862, Christina Rossetti, “Mirage” in Goblin Market and other Poems,

     The hope I dreamed of was a dream,

     Was but a dream; and now I wake,

     Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,

     For a dream's sake.

2. (of a thing) Offering no comfort; uncomforting.
   • c. 1693, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act III, Scene 1,

     Alas, poor heart, that kiss is comfortless

     As frozen water to a starved snake.

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapter V,

     I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky.

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 4,

     In comfortless, damp blankets we got through the night.