Comfort
Comfort verb - To ease the grief or distress of.
Hug
Hug verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.
Nearby Word: hugged
How words are described
| emotional | emotional comfort | emotional hug |
| close | close comfort | close hug |
| good | good comfort | good hug |
| many | many comfort | many hug |
| Other adjectives: real, great, heartfelt, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Lelouch is forced to leave Nunnally forever, but Nunnally has some comfort in sharing one last hug with him and him telling her he will always love her.
Source: Bittersweet Ending / Anime -
J.J and Reid hug to comfort one another and whereas only grief can be seen on Reid's face, J.J looks at Hotch over his shoulder with an expression showing that there is more going on.
Source: Revealing Hug -
A common definition is that Moe is the ability of a character to instill in the audience an irrational desire to adore them, hug them, protect them, comfort them, etc.
Source: Moe
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