discomfort
Americannoun
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an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
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anything that is disturbing to or interferes with comfort.
verb (used with object)
noun
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an inconvenience, distress, or mild pain
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something that disturbs or deprives of ease
verb
Other Word Forms
- discomfortable adjective
- discomfortingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of discomfort
First recorded in 1300–50; (for the verb) Middle English discomforten “to discourage, pain,” from Anglo-French descomforter “to sadden, grieve”; equivalent to dis- 1 + comfort; noun derivative of verb
Example Sentences
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Win Thin, at Bank of Nassau 1982 Ltd, said: "Foreign exchange typically is the leader in terms of showing market discomfort with a country's policies and economic outlook, so this dollar weakness bears watching."
From Barron's
Despite showing no obvious discomfort, she couldn't find a way to claw back into the contest and Anisimova calmly completed the job with an ace.
From Barron's
Ms. Sala has a knack for describing the almost physical discomfort of deep boredom.
When we are out of sync, he says, we experience it as a kind of judder or twinge of social discomfort which “is your brain working a little harder to fix predictions that are wrong.”
In December 2023, she noticed symptoms – a chest tickle and discomfort while eating.
From BBC
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