to discomfort
1
4.3
- verb
- /dɪsˈkʌmfərt/
:
incomodar
- The Chinese are not aware of what the details of that military agreement comprise, and they're deeply discomforted by that.
I'm feeling discomforted because of X or I'm feeling anxious because of X.
- I'm feeling discomforted because of X or I'm feeling anxious because of X.
Examples
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For example, if coffee was brewing regularly in the mornings in the child's household, including the mornings of the abusive events, then as an adult, he may become discomforted when he smells coffee brewing.
Academic text (2018) -
As in Kelman's "By the Burn," in Trainspotting, departures from narrative expectations discomfort the reader.
Academic text (2016) -
Figures like these don't particularly discomfort our nation's most powerful.
Blog text (27) -
You got to throw yourself in the deep end a little bit and discomfort causes growth it and we have grown as a result of it.
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Most managed care interventions must discomfort or inconvenience the patient in order to achieve cost savings.
Academic text (1994) -
Doesn't discomfort, in fact, make one more empathetic?
Academic text (2016) -
It might seriously discomfort the Kihoa, but it would be unadulterated torture for him personally.
Fiction book (1999) -
For instance, each of us was initially discomforted that her section was becoming less hers than ours as individual authorship slipped away into a communal voice.
Fiction book (1993) -
Discomforted by her flinty stare, he glances away to the window where the faint sounds of the choral rehearsal can be heard.
Fiction book (1992) -
He felt uneasy during the meeting because the topic of layoffs seemed to discomfort everyone present.
Synonyms
153
2.5
Make someone feel deeply worried or upset
37
4.4
Make someone feel shocked or worried by something unexpected
32
4.1
Cause someone to feel pain, worry or serious problems
20
6.3
To make someone feel nervous and less confident
12
8.4
Make someone feel strange or uncomfortable
7
7.1
To make someone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed
7
4.9
To make someone feel worried or uneasy
4
2.4
Make someone feel embarrassed or uncomfortable by surprising them
1
7.3
To make someone feel worried or uneasy
1
9.1
To make someone feel nervous
1
8.4
To make someone feel uncomfortable, confused, or embarrassed
Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling
Make people feel uneasy, disappointed or uncomfortable
To bother someone by causing them trouble or discomfort
To cause someone a little trouble or discomfort
Antonyms
Compounds
How Uneasy
90
4.3
133
1.9
153
2.5
7
4.9
1
4.3
362
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discomfort comes from dis- ('not') plus comfort ('ease'), so to discomfort someone is to take away their comfort — in other words, to make them feel uneasy or embarrassed.