Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cold_comfort

1 sense of cold comfort

Sense 1
cold comfort -- (very limited consolation or empathy; "he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me")
       => consolation, solace, solacement -- (the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him")