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To discomfort is defined as to make someone feel uncomfortable or to cause slight pain.

(verb)

When you give someone visiting your office a hard and uncomfortable chair to make him feel a little intimidated, this is an example of when you discomfort him.

Discomfort is defined as a feeling of slight pain, or a lack of comfort.

(noun)

When you feel unpleasantly hot on a 90 degree day, this is an example of discomfort.

See discomfort in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

lack of comfort; uneasiness; inconvenience
anything causing this

Origin: ME < OFr desconfort < desconforter, to discourage: see dis- & comfort

transitive verb

to cause discomfort to; distress

See discomfort in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Mental or bodily distress.
Something that disturbs one's comfort; an annoyance.

transitive verb dis·com·fort·ed, dis·com·fort·ing, dis·com·forts

To make uncomfortable; distress. See Usage Note at discomfit.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French desconfort

Origin: , from desconforter, to discourage

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + conforter, to strengthen; see comfort

Related Forms:

dis·comˈfort·a·ble (-kŭmˈfər-tə-bəl, -kŭmfˈtə-bəl) adjective

dis·comˈfort·ing·ly adverb

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