Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Mental or bodily distress.
- n. Something that disturbs one's comfort; an annoyance.
- v. To make uncomfortable; distress. See Usage Note at discomfit.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To disturb the comfort or happiness of; make uncomfortable or uneasy; pain; grieve; sadden; deject.
- n. Absence of comfort or pleasure; uneasiness; disturbance of peace; pain; grief; sorrow; disquietude.
Wiktionary
- n. Mental or bodily distress.
- n. Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
- v. To cause annoyance or distress.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To discourage; to deject.
- v. To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive of quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain.
- n. obsolete Discouragement.
- n. Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- n. the state of being tense and feeling pain
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman descomforter (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French desconfort, from desconforter, to discourage : des-, dis- + conforter, to strengthen; see comfort. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But as usual, our discomfort is a relative things – we could be in Buffalo!”
“Brendan Donnelly is day-to-day with what he described as discomfort in his left side.”
“But the discomfort is what keeps it rich and interesting.”
“Doubtless there's truth in that, but it seems more likely that the discomfort is occasioned by West's implication that sexuality is the very foundation of Christianity.”
Dr. Janet Smith replies to Dr. Schindler, defends Christopher West
“An outgrowth of this discomfort is that it has created many conservatives -- who want do such things as to restrict social funding to various early childhood policy programs -- and use the supposed narrowness of IQ differentials over time, (within the various out-groups measured), to bolster their argument.”
“Men are better at long-term discomfort and degradation, things like prison and jobs, than we are at extreme, shorter-term bouts of excruciating pain, things like swimming the 'fly for 28 miles, squeezing kids' heads through birth canals, and hangnails.”
The Huffington Post: Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Even Dolphins Don't Do So Many Dolphin Kicks
“Some products aim to help with the short-term discomfort of CVS, but none have been tested in large rigorous trials.”
“But they really do work and 5 minutes of discomfort is better than limping around for 3 days or being so sore that you wake yourself up when you roll over in your sleep”
“The first two graphs of the memo, provided by MSNBC to The Huffington Post, express angst over the idea that the movement could mean "more than just short-term discomfort for Wall Street firms" and has "the potential to have very long-lasting political, policy and financial impacts on the companies in the center of the bullseye.”
The Huffington Post: Lobbying Firm Memo To Advise Wall Street Clients On Occupy Movement
“Some people are going to crack up because it sounds like his discomfort is coming not from his blood lust, but from somewhere down south.”
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