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transitive verb
discomfort
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Verb
Synonyms: Verb
agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, disturb, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry
Antonyms: Verb
calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
Noun
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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Middle English, from Anglo-French descomforter, from des- dis- + comforter to comfort
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