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noun
1.
an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
2.
anything that is disturbing to or interferes with comfort.
verb (used with object)
3.
to disturb the comfort or happiness of; make uncomfortable or uneasy.
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Discomforting
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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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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