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discomfort

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌmfət/
  • US: /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K AH1 M F ER0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Mental or bodily distress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To cause annoyance or distress to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To discourage; to deject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soreness, irritation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suffering, hurt

6

noun

Meaning 6

the state of being tense and feeling pain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uncomfortableness

Antonyms: comfort

Broader terms: condition, status

Narrower terms: inconvenience, incommodiousness, malaise, unease, uneasiness, hangover, katzenjammer, wretchedness

History

Etymology

From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter, equivalent to dis- + comfort.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: притеснение (pritesnenie) — mental or bodily distress
  • Catalan: malestar — mental or bodily distress
  • Catalan: angúnia — mental or bodily distress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不適 /不适 (bùshì) — mental or bodily distress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不安 (bù'ān) — mental or bodily distress
  • Danish: ubehag — mental or bodily distress
  • Esperanto: malkomforto — mental or bodily distress
  • French: inconfort — mental or bodily distress
  • French: malaise — mental or bodily distress
  • French: mal-être — mental or bodily distress
  • Georgian: დისკომფორტი (disḳomporṭi) — mental or bodily distress
  • Georgian: შეწუხება (šec̣uxeba) — mental or bodily distress
  • German: Unbehagen — mental or bodily distress
  • Greek: δυσφορία (dysforía) — mental or bodily distress
  • Greek: ενόχληση (enóchlisi) — mental or bodily distress
  • Ancient Greek: ἐνόχλημα (enókhlēma) — mental or bodily distress
  • Hungarian: kellemetlen érzés — mental or bodily distress
  • Hungarian: panasz — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: anacair — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: aineascaireacht — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: anó — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: deacracht — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: dochma — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: dochracht — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: dochraide — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: dócúl — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: míchompord — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: míshócúl — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: neamhchompord — mental or bodily distress
  • Irish: neamhshócúl — mental or bodily distress
  • Italian: malessere — mental or bodily distress
  • Italian: turbamento — mental or bodily distress
  • Japanese: 不快 (fukai) — mental or bodily distress
  • Japanese: 不安 (fuan) — mental or bodily distress
  • Malayalam: അസ്വസ്ഥത (asvasthata) — mental or bodily distress
  • Malayalam: ക്ലേശം (klēśaṁ) — mental or bodily distress
  • Māori: hūhi — mental or bodily distress
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubehag — mental or bodily distress
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ubehag — mental or bodily distress
  • Polish: niewygoda — mental or bodily distress
  • Polish: dyskomfort — mental or bodily distress
  • Portuguese: desconforto — mental or bodily distress
  • Romanian: disconfort — mental or bodily distress
  • Russian: дискомфо́рт (diskomfórt) — mental or bodily distress
  • Scottish Gaelic: mì-shocair — mental or bodily distress
  • Spanish: falta de confort — mental or bodily distress
  • Spanish: incomodidad — mental or bodily distress
  • Swedish: obehag — mental or bodily distress
  • Ukrainian: дискомфо́рт (dyskomfórt) — mental or bodily distress
  • Unami: sakomàlsëwakàn — mental or bodily distress
  • Bulgarian: неудобство (neudobstvo) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Catalan: incomoditat — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Danish: gene — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • French: inconfort — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Georgian: დისკომფორტი (disḳomporṭi) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Georgian: მოუხერხებლობა (mouxerxebloba) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Georgian: უხერხულობა (uxerxuloba) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Greek: δυσφορία (dysforía) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Hungarian: kényelmetlenség — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Irish: athmhaltas — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Macedonian: неу́добност (neúdobnost) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Macedonian: непри́јатност (nepríjatnost) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Polish: dyskomfort — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Russian: дискомфо́рт (diskomfórt) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Russian: неудо́бство (neudóbstvo) — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Spanish: desasosiego — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Spanish: falta de confort — something that disturbs one’s comfort
  • Spanish: incomodidad — something that disturbs one’s comfort