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[dis-kuhm-fert]

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noun

an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.

anything that is disturbing to or interferes with comfort.

verb (used with object)

to disturb the comfort or happiness of; make uncomfortable or uneasy.

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Origin:
1300–50; (v.) Middle English discomforten to discourage, pain < Anglo-French descomforter to sadden, grieve; see dis-¹, comfort; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, derivative of v.

Related forms

dis·com·fort·a·ble

[dis-kuhm-fer-tuh-buhl, -kuhmf-tuh-] , adjective

dis·com·fort·ing·ly, adverb

Can be confused: discomfit, discomfort.

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Chest pain is discomfort or pain that you feel anywhere along the front of your body between your neck and upper abdomen.

They all wanted to push on, though, and had no interest in giving up their iPads despite the social discomfort.

Café owners have talked about their discomfort for years.

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Chest pain is discomfort or pain that you feel anywhere along the front of your body between your neck and upper abdomen.

They all wanted to push on, though, and had no interest in giving up their iPads despite the social discomfort.

Café owners have talked about their discomfort for years.

Drudgery and discomfort aboard ship goes hand-in-hand with the danger.

Why the instinct to clutch a wounded part of the body helps to relieve discomfort.

Birdwatching has a reputation, not entirely unjustified, for causing a certain amount of discomfort.

It's a small price to pay to avoid discomfort if you are on your laptop at home for more than a few hours.

Testicle pain is discomfort in one or both testicles.

For many colleges, however, rising health-care costs will continue to be a source of severe discomfort.

Experience shows the device can be worn all day without discomfort.

We experience discomfort and pain only when they are inadvertently exposed, through cavities, for example.

Other sounds induce feelings of discomfort or pain, for example the rubbing of styrofoam against another surface.

Such sharp fare occasionally causes so much discomfort that the snake coughs it up.

But we're skeptical that this buzzer will produce much more than bolt-upright discomfort.

Forefoot pain refers to pain and discomfort felt toward the top of the foot.

So they discussed hesitation not in terms of their own discomfort but fear of causing discomfort.

Experience shows the device can be worn all day, every day, without discomfort.

Wore it on my hike this past weekend and felt no discomfort at all.

Wolfing down a meal in record time can lead to more than digestive discomfort and possible acclaim in food-eating contests.

We will eventually figure out how to solve what ails us, regardless of the discomfort.

It can ease the discomfort of chemotherapy, but it won't stop the growth of tumors.

Groin pain refers to discomfort in the area where the abdomen ends and the legs begin.

Just a random guess that may or may not explain the source of his discomfort.

He devised a way of moving a patient from a stretcher to a hospital bed with the minimum of discomfort.

Since they are neoprene, this doesn't seem to cause any discomfort.

Physical discomfort can alleviate mental suffering.

Ideas shouldn't be dumped because they bring uncertainty or discomfort.

There seems to be no way to end someone's life deliberately and prematurely without pain or discomfort.

Neck pain is discomfort in any of the structures in the neck.

Researchers' concerns include discomfort over possible misuse of their data and losing credit for their work.

And search-engine rivals have been doing their best to profit from the company's discomfort.

Some women also opted out of the tests due to discomfort from the higher concentrations.

In using it you attempt to recall painful memories until they no longer cause you discomfort.

The patients were awake throughout the process and able to tell doctors if they experienced excessive discomfort.

Because of the sedation, you may not feel any discomfort and may have no memory of the test.

The social skills you gain from throwing yourself into new situations are worth temporary discomfort.

Greying audiences are causing discomfort among media executives.

Eventually, my body adapts with only temporary discomfort.

Ten minutes later they learned that the drug was being administered, so they believed their discomfort would begin to subside.

Being a hardcore backcountry trekker requires a tolerance for discomfort.

Rib cage pain includes any pain or discomfort in the area of the ribs.

Yes, one must suffer discomfort and even nausea from unpleasant sights and sounds.

It is not only the clammy discomfort of moving through a damp forest.

Fleas and ticks can cause discomfort and diseases for many dogs and cats around the country.

If only using the wrong you're/your in a sentence caused the same sort of mild physical discomfort.

Over-the-counter pain relievers may help if the impacted tooth causes discomfort.

Being a witness to such spectacles of nature made all the hard work and discomfort worthwhile.

The truth is that you were probably feeling discomfort in the first place if you are going to take probiotics.

Recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort.

There is usually some discomfort from swabbing the urethra.

Even after more than six hours hiking, my feet do not feel any pain or discomfort.

Over time, children learn that some sensations of discomfort are part of our normal everyday existence.

The cold temperatures of moisturizers and cold compresses should relieve some of the pain and discomfort.

As with any minimally invasive surgery, there will be some discomfort after surgery.

Sad to see some in this discussion diverge to discomfort regarding pro and con, although discussion is substance of inquiry.

Bruising and minor discomfort due to the shock waves are common in the back or abdomen.

It is believed that when a stent is pushed too hard against the artery wall, it can cause discomfort.

Jacobs's discomfort was a series of measured tweaks to his bike.

As you meditate, when you notice the physical discomfort and the frustration, you wouldnt react to them.

The test will involve only normal urination, and there is no discomfort.

One must start looking for alternative reasons for continued discomfort after the normal grieving period is over.

Almost half the patients reported chronic pain two to three years after treatment, and more than half reported discomfort.

The offense in the writing is bred from social discomfort with the subject.

There may be some discomfort while your hand is in the cold water.

Pain and discomfort are usually due to the reflux of gastric acid, air, or bile.

Common warts tend to cause no discomfort unless they are in areas of repeated friction or pressure.

The stone is usually removed with only minimal discomfort.

Pol and his son save a cow from a whole lot of discomfort and danger.

Teens' brains reveal discomfort when taste fails to conform.

Browning says he hopes more exercise researchers will begin to focus on the discomfort overweight people face when they work out.

Having a small pillow to hug eased some of the tension/ discomfort.

Women, legs crossed in discomfort or desperation, wait in line for the lavatory while men.

Cows can visit milking sheds when they want to relieve themselves of their milk and the discomfort of full udders.

There has to be some word for the kind of person who considers his mild discomfort the equivalent of torture.

Apparently my father was violating social norms and ignoring the discomfort on the other parents/kids at the swimming pool.

But injections are bad for reasons other than the discomfort they.

Some discomfort was reported however, due to the effects of low-frequency sound on the lungs.

There was a similar tremendous crowd, and the same discomfort.

Another was that he never asked any crewman to accept discomfort or risk that he wouldn't accept himself.

In others, it relieves the obstructions that produce the chest discomfort called angina and might also lead to heart attacks.

Cesar says do not feed this type of discomfort by trying to console and comfort.

There are a number of disorders that can be accompanied by skin discomfort without visible signs.

There will be some discomfort during the procedure, and you may feel an urge to have a bowel movement.

It could be that your discomfort around them makes you perceive them as more clique-ish than they actually are.

But not as much discomfort as you might expect, given the industry's long preoccupation with youth.

The change may be made because of a serious back injury that has caused him much discomfort in recent months.

Basically you'll have to frontload it a lot to get them past their discomfort.

But it faces further discomfort before it can start to.

Either way, they often postpone the inevitable until the discomfort makes it impossible for them to live normally.

There is greater discomfort about debt of all sorts, but student loans are an easy target.

Planning only for unlikely and/or mild discomfort sets aside the cost of some other result.

The only thing that seems to stop people is the discomfort of your stomach being stuffed full of food.

The fun of children's museums will be lost on them in the midst of all this other change and discomfort.

Surely that's the real source of your newspaper's discomfort over the term.

The disease is notoriously variable, with some patients experiencing only mild discomfort and others life-threatening.

Always check for possible causes of pain or discomfort in a crying baby.

The academy you're so uncomfortable with is the same academy that created your job through increasing that discomfort.

There is some discomfort with their methods and doubts about their likelihood of success.

Mice respond to this discomfort with characteristic stretching movements.

It is hard to imagine how a sore so tiny can cause so much discomfort for so long.

While paradoxes abound over the notion of infinity, they reflect our counterintuitive discomfort with the idea.

Moreover, a mushroom eaten with impunity by one person can cause great discomfort to another.

Dillon seems to wish to force his personal views on the general public with no discomfort to himself.

They are straight forward surgical procedures that are constantly being improved to reduce the discomfort to the animal.

The understandable discomfort of students and teachers in discussing the word is part of a conversation.

Post-surgery discomfort is usually managed easily with over-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen.

Because of this, users have to take more of the drug to avoid the pain and discomfort its absence creates.

Sometimes the abdominal discomfort can be alleviated by eating food or drinking fluids, or by taking antacids.

Most people were unaware and the funny thing was if a male noticed my discomfort it was if he won some type of macho award.

The discomfort that followed propelled me to become involved in a more holistic approach to death.

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World English Dictionary

discomfort (dɪsˈkʌmfət)

—n
1.	an inconvenience, distress, or mild pain
2.	something that disturbs or deprives of ease

—vb
3.	(tr) to make uncomfortable or uneasy

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Word Origin & History

discomfort

late 14c., from O.Fr. desconfort (12c.). The verb is recorded from early 14c., originally "to deprive of courage."

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