Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Extremely limited empathy, sympathy, or encouragement: "I told him that the years would pass with remarkable celerity, but that appeared to be cold comfort” ( Nelson Bryant).
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic Much less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.
WordNet 3.0
- n. very limited consolation or empathy
Examples
“Before they had well gotten their new quarters warm, objecting to the cold comfort they afforded, sixteen of the most resolute determined to vacate them and re-immigrate to Texas.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cold comfort’.
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favorite shakespear coinages
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Tweets
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fbharjo northern comfort Sep 8, 2010
BrainyBabe Not much comfort at all. See the classic satire ''Cold Comfort Farm'' by Stella Gibbons. Dec 23, 2008