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Discomfort

//dɪsˈkʌmfət// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Mental or bodily distress. countable, uncountable

    "[…] although overcrowding on the trains running via London Bridge has occasioned considerable discomfort to regular travellers, it was noticed that the alternative route was not extensively patronised, and that the trains were seldom more than half-filled."

  2. 2
    an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance. countable, uncountable

    "Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee."

  4. 4
    the state of being tense and feeling pain wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause annoyance or distress to.
  2. 2
    To discourage; to deject. obsolete

    "His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter, equivalent to dis- + comfort.

Etymology 2

From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter, equivalent to dis- + comfort.

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