discomfort
verb/dɪsˈkʌmfət/
/dɪsˈkʌmfərt/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they discomfort | /dɪsˈkʌmfət/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərt/ |
| he / she / it discomforts | /dɪsˈkʌmfəts/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərts/ |
| past simple discomforted | /dɪsˈkʌmfətɪd/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərtɪd/ |
| past participle discomforted | /dɪsˈkʌmfətɪd/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərtɪd/ |
| -ing form discomforting | /dɪsˈkʌmfətɪŋ/ /dɪsˈkʌmfərtɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody feel anxious or embarrassed
- be discomforted (by something) Many patients complained of being discomforted by the doctor’s manner.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb in the sense ‘dishearten’): from Old French desconforter (verb), desconfort (noun), from des- (expressing reversal) + conforter ‘to comfort’, from late Latin confortare ‘strengthen’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis ‘strong’.
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