DISCOMFORT

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To discourage; to deject. His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us. Shak.

2.
v.

To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive oas, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

3.
n.

Discouragement. [Obs.] Shak.

4.
n.

Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow. "An age of spiritual discomfort." M. Arnold. Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings. Bp. Hall.

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