[U] the fact that sth that would normally be good does not make you happy because the whole situation is bad:
A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is cold comfort a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, cold comfort is tagged as noun.
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