discomfort

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman descomforter

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɪsˈkʌmfət/, SAMPA: /dIs"kVmf@t/
• (US) IPA: /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/, SAMPA: /dIs"kVmf@`t/

Noun

discomfort (plural discomforts)

1. Mental or bodily distress.
2. Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.

Translations

mental or bodily distress

French: incomfort (fr) m. Scottish Gaelic: mì-shocair (gd) f.

something that disturbs one’s comfort

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Bulgarian: неудобство, притеснение Italian: disagio (it) m. Romanian: disconfort n.

Verb

discomfort (third-person singular simple present discomforts, present participle discomforting, simple past and past participle discomforted)

1. To cause annoyance or distress.

Derived terms

• discomforter