Comfort and Fret

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Comfort

Comfort verb - To ease the grief or distress of.
Usage example: the minister did his best to comfort the victims of the terrible tornado
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Fret is an antonym for comfort.
Nearby Words: comfortable, comforting, comforted, comfortless, comfortably

Fret

Fret verb - To consume or wear away gradually.
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Comfort is an antonym for fret in topics: worry, upset someone, rub hard.
Nearby Words: fretful, fretted, fretting, fretwork
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  • Series / Scrubs Cox tries to comfort JD by saying that the latter shouldn't fret over not being able to see that Jill was in trouble before she died, because "the moment you start blaming yourself for deaths that aren't your fault, there's no going back".
    Source: Series / Scrubs
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