And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"
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Discomfort
//dɪsˈkʌmfət//
Synonyms for "discomfort" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
lamentlamentabilitylamentationload with caremalaisemiserymisgivingmournmournfulnessnauseanongratificationnonsatisfactionnuisancepainpainfulnesspangpathosperturbpitiabilitypitiableness
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pitifulnesspoignancyput to itregrettablenesssadnesssavorlessnessschmerzscruplesharpnesssorenesssorrowsorrowfulnessspleenstalenesssufferingtastelessnesstediousnesstediumtensiontroubletwingeuncomfortablenessuneaseuneasinessunhappinessunpleasureunsatisfactionupsetvexationvexation of spiritwoebegonenesswoefulnessworry
Noun(2 words)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐνόχλημα noun (mental or bodily distress)
Bulgarian
2 entries- неудобство noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- притеснение noun (mental or bodily distress)
Catalan
3 entries- angúnia noun (mental or bodily distress)
- incomoditat noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- malestar noun (mental or bodily distress)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不安 noun (mental or bodily distress)
- 不適 /不适 noun (mental or bodily distress)
Danish
2 entries- gene noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- ubehag noun (mental or bodily distress)
Esperanto
1 entries- malkomforto noun (mental or bodily distress)
French
4 entries- inconfort noun (mental or bodily distress)
- inconfort noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- mal-être noun (mental or bodily distress)
- malaise noun (mental or bodily distress)
Georgian
4 entries- დისკომფორტი noun (mental or bodily distress)
- დისკომფორტი noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- მოუხერხებლობა noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- უხერხულობა noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
German
1 entries- Unbehagen noun (mental or bodily distress)
Greek
3 entries- δυσφορία noun (mental or bodily distress)
- δυσφορία noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- ενόχληση noun (mental or bodily distress)
Hungarian
3 entries- kellemetlen érzés noun (mental or bodily distress)
- kényelmetlenség noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- panasz noun (mental or bodily distress)
Irish
4 entries- aineascaireacht noun (mental or bodily distress)
- anacair noun (mental or bodily distress)
- anó noun (mental or bodily distress)
- athmhaltas noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
Italian
2 entries- malessere noun (mental or bodily distress)
- turbamento noun (mental or bodily distress)
Japanese
2 entries- 不安 noun (mental or bodily distress)
- 不快 noun (mental or bodily distress)
Macedonian
2 entries- непри́јатност noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- неу́добност noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
Malayalam
2 entries- അസ്വസ്ഥത noun (mental or bodily distress)
- ക്ലേശം noun (mental or bodily distress)
Māori
1 entries- hūhi noun (mental or bodily distress)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ubehag noun (mental or bodily distress)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ubehag noun (mental or bodily distress)
Polish
3 entries- dyskomfort noun (mental or bodily distress)
- dyskomfort noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- niewygoda noun (mental or bodily distress)
Portuguese
1 entries- desconforto noun (mental or bodily distress)
Romanian
1 entries- disconfort noun (mental or bodily distress)
Russian
3 entries- дискомфо́рт noun (mental or bodily distress)
- дискомфо́рт noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- неудо́бство noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mì-shocair noun (mental or bodily distress)
Spanish
4 entries- desasosiego noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- disconfort noun (mental or bodily distress)
- disconfort noun (something that disturbs one’s comfort)
- malestar noun (mental or bodily distress)
Swedish
1 entries- obehag noun (mental or bodily distress)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дискомфо́рт noun (mental or bodily distress)
Unami
1 entries- sakomàlsëwakàn noun (mental or bodily distress)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I sensed with discomfort that the two of them might ridicule me behind my back as a thoughtless, simple-minded satyr.
Source: tatoeba (605971)
To avoid injury or discomfort, be sure that the vagina is lubricated before intercourse.
Source: tatoeba (775419)
The thought that in a few hours they would reach a country where there were no schools, no books, no teachers, made these boys so happy that they felt neither hunger, nor thirst, nor sleep, nor discomfort.
Source: tatoeba (2732969)
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