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noun

Discomfort n.

Discouragement. (Obs.)

Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow. "An age of spiritual discomfort." "Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings."

verb

Discomfort v. t. (past & past part. discomforted; pres. part. discomforting)

To discourage; to deject. "His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us."

To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive of quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

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Etymology of 'Discomfort'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Discomfort" Quotes from Famous Books

... change came over the spirit of my husband. Seeing that the world held me in high esteem for my sacrifice, and held his mistress very cheaply, he began to feel uncomfortable when he brought her before its scrutiny. From discomfort he proceeded to shame, and finally the day came—the inevitable day that dawns for every woman who lays her honor at the feet of her lover. The poor countess was reproached for the sacrifices she had made, and blamed ...

— Prince Eugene and His Times • L. Muhlbach

... when he wanted to pay her for what he had received, and for all the trouble he had given her, she refused to take anything from him, saying: 'What I had to give was not worth money, and what I did was done for kindness alone. So! pray that you will try to forget the discomfort you suffered here, and will remember only the good-will of one ...

— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan • Lafcadio Hearn

... obviate this by plastering himself from head to foot with mud, but this dried and fell off. Besides it felt so uncomfortable that he quickly decided that he preferred the shame to the discomfort. ...

— Tarzan of the Apes • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... discomfort of the morning gradually disappear; it amuses me to watch the various things I meet with on my way, and think a little, idly enough, of every one. The birds were most diverting; also, it was cheering to reflect that I had my pocket full ...

— Wanderers • Knut Hamsun

... enabled him to pass through this enormous amount of fatigue and labour without injury to his health. He had been trained in a hard school, and could bear with ease conditions which, to men more softly nurtured, would have been the extreme of physical discomfort. Many, many nights he snatched his sleep while travelling in his chaise; and at break of day he would be at work, surveying until dark, and this for weeks in succession. His whole powers seemed to be under the ...

— Lives of the Engineers - The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson • Samuel Smiles

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