discomfort

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
  2. noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

uncomfortableness

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