discomfort

UK: /dɪsˈkʌmfə^rt/ US: /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/ ,(dis kum′fərt)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

dis•com•fort /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/   n. [countable]

1. an absence of comfort or ease:
   a life of discomfort in a wheelchair.
2. anything disturbing to comfort:
   the discomforts of waiting in the airport.

v. [~ + object]

3. to make uneasy:
   Those minor annoyances don't discomfort me.

See -fort-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

dis•com•fort  (dis kum′fərt), n. 

1. an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
2. anything that is disturbing to or interferes with comfort.

v.t. 

3. to disturb the comfort or happiness of;
   make uncomfortable or uneasy.

• Anglo-French, derivative of verb, verbal
• Anglo-French descomforter to sadden, grieve; see dis-¹, comfort; (noun, nominal) Middle English
• (verb, verbal) Middle English discomforten to discourage, pain 1300–50

dis•com•fort•a•ble  (dis kum′fər tə bəl, -kumf′tə-), adj.  dis•com′fort•ing•ly, adv. 

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discomfort / dɪsˈkʌmfət/ noun

1. an inconvenience, distress, or mild pain
2. something that disturbs or deprives of ease

verb

1. (transitive) to make uncomfortable or uneasy