Comfort and Ferule

Comfort

Comfort verb - To ease the grief or distress of.

Ferule is an antonym for comfort.

Ferule

Ferule noun - A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children.

Comfort is an antonym for ferule in scold topic.

Nearby Word: ferula
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