Definition of Discomfort

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Discomfort

To discourage; to deject.

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

Discouragement.

Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.

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Discomfort Quotations

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
John F. Kennedy

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.
Gloria Steinem

Still today, I cannot cross the threshold of a teaching institution without physical symptoms, in my chest and my stomach, of discomfort or anxiety. And yet I have never left school.
Jacques Derrida

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
E. M. Forster

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
Barbara Jordan

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations.
Ralph Merkle

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.
Lisa Bonet

As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort.
Rachel Weisz

It has pleased and interested me to see how I could get along under difficult circumstances and with so much discomfort but as I say I was not sent out here to improve my temper or my health or to make me more content with my good things in the East.
Richard H. Davis

But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.
Max Cannon

Discomfort Translations

discomfort in Dutch is ongemak, ongerief
discomfort in German is Unbehagen
discomfort in Norwegian is ubehag
discomfort in Swedish is obehag

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