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discomfort definition

dis·com·fort (dis kum′fərt, dis′-)

noun

  1. lack of comfort; uneasiness; inconvenience
  2. anything causing this

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

transitive verb

to cause discomfort to; distress

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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