Usually means: Minimal relief in difficult times.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word cold comfort:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. cold comfort: Merriam-Webster
  2. cold comfort: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cold comfort: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cold comfort: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cold comfort: Vocabulary.com
  6. cold comfort: Wiktionary
  7. cold comfort: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cold comfort: Dictionary.com
  9. Cold Comfort (Autumn album), Cold Comfort (Inside No. 9), Cold Comfort (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cold comfort: Rhymezone
  11. cold comfort: FreeDictionary.org
  12. cold comfort: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. cold comfort: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Cold comfort: Phrase Finder
  15. cold comfort: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cold comfort: Idioms

(Note: See cold_comforts as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cold comfort)

noun:  (idiomatic) Much less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.

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