Discomfort

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English

Noun

Discomfort (plural Discomforts)
  1. Mental or bodily distress.
  2. Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.

Verb

Discomfort (third-person singular simple present Discomforts, present participle Discomforting, simple past and past participle Discomforted)

  1. To cause annoyance or distress.

Adjectives for Discomfort

conscious; visible; emotional; acute; general; agitated; human; prudent; personal; slight; apparent; uncommon; steaming; petty; postprandial; myriad (pi); picturesque; indefinite; sordid; eerie; social; mental; heavy; unendurable; heated; hospitable.

Verbs for Discomfort

allay—; alleviate—; chafe in—; chuckle at—; endure—; inflict—; remove—; return with—; share—; suffer—; —disheartens; —dismays; —forces; —grows; —leads; —pains.

Thesaurus

Schmerz, ache, aches and pains, afflict, agitate, angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom, bother, burden, care, cheerlessness, comfortlessness, depression, difficulty, discomposure, discontent, dislike, dismalness, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, distressfulness, disturb, dolor, dread, dreariness, dullness, emptiness, ennui, existential woe, flatness, grief, grieve, grievousness, grimness, hardship, hurt, hurting, inconvenience, inquietude, irritation, joylessness, lack of pleasure, lament, lamentability, lamentation, load with care, malaise, misery, mourn, mournfulness, nausea, nongratification, nonsatisfaction, nuisance, pain, painfulness, pathos, perturb, pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, poignancy, put to it, regrettableness, sadness, savorlessness, sharpness, soreness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, spleen, staleness, suffering, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, trouble, twinge, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, upset, vexation, vexation of spirit, woebegoneness, woefulness, worry

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman descomforter

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