Cold Comfort (Noun)
Meaning
Very limited consolation or empathy; "he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- Being told that I could get a refund was cold comfort after waiting in line for hours to see a sold-out concert.
- Knowing that I wasn't the only one who had been rejected was cold comfort after I didn't get the job.
- Hearing that the thief had been caught was cold comfort to the family who had lost their beloved heirloom.
- Being offered a participation trophy was cold comfort to the athlete who had come in last place.
- Being told that it could have been worse was cold comfort to the family who had just lost their home in a fire.