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Meaning of "comfort eating" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMFORT EATING

comfort eating  [ˈkʌmfət ˈiːtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMFORT EATING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Comfort eating is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMFORT EATING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of comfort eating in the English dictionary

The definition of comfort eating in the dictionary is eating to make oneself feel happierto resort to comfort eating to eat to make oneself feel happier.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMFORT EATING


beating
ˈbiːtɪŋ
cheating
ˈtʃiːtɪŋ
competing
kəmˈpiːtɪŋ
computing
kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ
eating
ˈiːtɪŋ
fleeting
ˈfliːtɪŋ
greeting
ˈɡriːtɪŋ
heating
ˈhiːtɪŋ
Keating
ˈkiːtɪŋ
meat-eating
ˈmiːtˌiːtɪŋ
meeting
ˈmiːtɪŋ
overeating
ˌəʊvərˈiːtɪŋ
overheating
ˌəʊvəˈhiːtɪŋ
repeating
rɪˈpiːtɪŋ
reporting
rɪˈpɔːtɪŋ
retreating
rɪˈtriːtɪŋ
seating
ˈsiːtɪŋ
sheeting
ˈʃiːtɪŋ
sweeting
ˈswiːtɪŋ
world-beating
ˈwɜːldˌbiːtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMFORT EATING

comfit
comfiture
comfort
comfort blanket
comfort food
comfort station
comfort stop
comfort zone
comfortable
comfortableness
comfortably
comfortably off
comfortably-furnished
comforter
comforting
comfortingly
comfortless
comfortlessly
comfortlessness
comforts

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMFORT EATING

accounting
alternating
boating
calculating
coating
communicating
dating
decorating
devastating
fascinating
floating
frustrating
humiliating
incorporating
mating
operating
rating
rotating
skating
star rating
stimulating

Synonyms and antonyms of comfort eating in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «comfort eating» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMFORT EATING

Find out the translation of comfort eating to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of comfort eating from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «comfort eating» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

舒适的饮食
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la comodidad de comer
570 millions of speakers

English

comfort eating
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आराम भोजन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأكل الراحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

комфорт питание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conforto comer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সান্ত্বনা খাওয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confort manger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keselesaan makan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Frustessen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

快適食べる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

편안한 식사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seneng mangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn uống thoải mái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆறுதல் சாப்பிடுவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोई खाणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rahat yemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mangiare comfort
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

komfort jedzenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

комфорт харчування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

manca confort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άνεση φαγητό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

troos eet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

komfort ätande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

komfort spising
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of comfort eating

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMFORT EATING»

The term «comfort eating» is normally little used and occupies the 115.169 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMFORT EATING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about comfort eating

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMFORT EATING»

Discover the use of comfort eating in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to comfort eating and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Quit Comfort Eating: Lose weight by managing your emotions
Dr Susan Albers, accomplished expert in emotional eating and weight loss, has created an accessible three-step plan that will teach you how to combat the most common emotional barriers to weight loss.
Dr Susan Albers, 2013
2
Adolescents and risk: Behaviors, Functions and Protective ...
... become more receptive to sharing in the tasks of housework and raising children. 7.5 Disturbed Eating: A Gender Phenomenon 7.5.1 Dieting, Comfort Eating, and Purging Behavior: Many Sides of the Same Coin The phenomenon of dieting ...
Silvia Bonino, Elena Cattelino, Silvia Ciairano, 2005
3
The Eat Well Cookbook: Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Recipes ...
Am I really hungry or is this a comfort eating urge? • Why am I choosing it? • Is there an emotional trigger? • Am I eating due to boredom, habit, stress, loneliness ? • Is this related to an activity, such as watching television? • What healthier food  ...
Jan Purser, Kathy Snowball, 2013
4
WHEE for Wholistic Healing: Whole Health - Easily and ...
Sam realized that he had started comfort eating to fill the void of his missing mother. Over the years, Sam's self-image became an issue because of the obesity. Children teased him about his looks and when he was unable to keep up in ...
Daniel J. Benor, 2006
5
Lose Weight Now: The Easy Way
Reading this book is all you need to do to take control of what you eat.
Allen Carr, 2011
6
The Creative Therapies and Eating Disorders
How a worker feels about fatness, thinness, diets, comfort–eating, fashion, mealtimes and so forth may influence how she feels about the work with women. It will be important to know why issues arising from the work arouse feelings ...
Stephanie L. Brooke, 2008
7
Fit Nurse: Your Total Plan for Getting Fit and Living Well
Comfort eating has a lot to do with satisfaction and can translate into how you manage your life. If your needs aren't being met successfully, sometimes food seems like an easy option to make you feel better. There are three easy reasons that ...
Gary Scholar, 2010
8
When Food Becomes Your Enemy: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia ...
Gillian Moore-Groarke and Sylvia Thompson Presents the facts regarding the complexities of accepting, treating and recovering from eating disorders.
Gillian Moore-Groarke, Sylvia Thompson, 1994
9
Bariatric Surgery: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
(1992) reported that patients who employed continued binge eating, “comfort eating,” and “eating sensibly in front of others and making up in private” had a significantly less mean monthly reduction in BMI than those who did not employ these ...
James E. Mitchell, Martina De Zwaan, 2005
10
Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition
It will also describe the concept of emotional or “comfort” eating, and evaluate the evidence that chocolate is an archetypal “comfort” food, i.e. is chosen during distress because it is able to relieve negative mood, and even enhance positive ...
Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, Colin R. Martin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMFORT EATING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term comfort eating is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Healthy Eating Tips for Busy, Tired Professionals
... wonder that so many who responded talked of overeating, digestion problems, weight gain, eating on the run, snacking and comfort eating. «NDTV, Jul 15»
2
Chew on this
"It is in comfort eating, on the other hand," explains registered ... long hours without eating makes you vulnerable to unhealthy comfort eating. «Pune Mirror, Jul 15»
3
Snooker star reveals cancer diagnosis
“I realised I was getting up two to three times a night to go for a wee, but I'd put on two and a half stone by comfort eating when I was depressed. «Hinckley Times, Jul 15»
4
Rita Ora doesn't get jealous
It's like comfort eating." >> More Entertainment News · Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles. © 2015 Bang Showbiz, NZCity ... «NZCity, Jul 15»
5
Robanne Robin sheds HALF her size to become a personal trainer
Robanne Robin, 43, from Indianapolis, began comfort eating raw hotdogs at five to cope with her parents' divorce and saw her size ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
11 things to remember when you're feeling low
Comfort eating won't help – feelings of guilt and the post-carb crash just pile on the misery as well as the pounds – but neither will skipping ... «Metro, Jul 15»
7
OPINION: Put down your phone and volunteer!
As well as the endless back-to-back episodes of Gossip Girl and the pre-exam stuff-your-face-with-carbs, “comfort eating” – all part of the exam ... «Jewish News, Jul 15»
8
Super slimmer Noreen sheds the combined weight of her children!
From a young age, Noreen can always remember being overweight and a cycle of depression and comfort eating throughout her 20s and 30s, ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
Rita Ora: I don't get jealous
... to have that feeling, even for five seconds, it's like crack. I mean, don't compare it to that, but you know what I mean. It's like comfort eating." ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
10
Kim Kardashian Busts Out For Rolling Stone & Rita Ora Okay With …
It's like comfort eating.” On her recent breakup: “There was a reason why I split up with him. And there was a reason why I'm at this point in my life where I feel ... «Movie TV Tech Geeks News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Comfort eating [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/comfort-eating>. Apr 2024 ».
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