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Meaning of discomfort in English
Pronunciation
/dɪsˈkəmfərt/
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Noun
discomfort
Etymology
Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘dishearten’): from Old French desconforter (verb), desconfort (noun), from des- (expressing reversal) + conforter‘to comfort’ (see comfort)
Definitions
1.
the state of being tense and feeling pain
Antonyms
comfort
comfortableness
2.
an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body