Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Comfortless · Com·fort·less · IPA /ˈkʌmfəɹtləs/ 01 a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. 1. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. “Comfortless through tyranny or might.” — Spenser. “When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly.” — Milton. Syn. Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable.