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dysphoria

noun · 3 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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  • dĭs-fôr′-ē-ə
  • /dɪsˈfɔːɹi.ə/
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  • rhymes with -ɔːɹiə

1

noun

Meaning 1

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • body dysphoria
  • premenstrual dysphoria
  • weight dysphoria

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Ellipsis of gender dysphoria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Examples

  • height dysphoria
  • bottom dysphoria
  • voice dysphoria

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

abnormal depression and discontent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: euphoria

Broader terms: depression, discontentment, discontent, discontentedness

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσφορία (dusphoría, “excessive pain”), from δύσφορος (dúsphoros, “grievous”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب هُوِيَّة (iḍṭirāb huwiyya) — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Bulgarian: дисфория (disforija) — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Catalan: disfòria — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煩躁 /烦躁 (fánzào) — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Czech: dysforie — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Danish: dysfori — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Dutch: ongenoegen — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Dutch: neerslachtigheid — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Dutch: onrust — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Esperanto: disforio — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Estonian: düsfooria — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Estonian: pahurus — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Finnish: dysforia — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • French: dysphorie — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • German: Verstimmung — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • German: Dysphorie — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Greek: δυσφορία (dysforía) — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Hungarian: diszfória — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Irish: diosfóiria — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Italian: disforia — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Norwegian: dysfori — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Polish: dysforia — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Portuguese: disforia — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Romanian: disforie — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Russian: дисфори́я (disforíja) — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Serbo-Croatian: дисфорија — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Serbo-Croatian: disforija — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Spanish: disforia — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Swedish: dysfori — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb) — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Welsh: anesmwythder — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed
  • Welsh: dysfforia — state of feeling unwell, unhappy, restless or depressed