Word Meanings - CHATTY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.

CHATTY
Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.
COMFORTABLE
1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. Wyclif. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak. 2. Serviceable; helpful. Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
COMFORTABLENESS
State of being comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.
DISCOMFORTABLE
1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. Sir P. Sidney. 2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray. -- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n.
UNCOMFORTABLE
1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position. 2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an uncomfortable seat or situation. The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year. Addison. -- Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness,