| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To trouble, inconvenience, worry, chagrin or disquiet.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb discomfort.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (discomfort) | 1. To discourage; to deject.[Websters]. 2. To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive o/ quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: discomforting, discomforted, discomforts, discomforter, discomforters, discomfortingly and discomfortedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being distressing or sorrowing.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being perturbing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being uneasy, awkward, uncomfortable or embarrassing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being troubled or worried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being worrying or tantalizing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DISCOMFORTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISCOMFORTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Disturbing peace and happiness; making uneasy; grieving.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of discomfort. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: discomfort
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Cold discomfort | Physics | Discomfort caused by cold surroundings. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Discomfort glare | Mining | A sensation of annoyance, or in extreme cases pain, caused by high or nonuniform distribution of brightness in the field of view. Discomfort glare is a measure of discomfort or annoyance only. Cf: disability glare. (references) | |
| Discomfort glare | Physics | A type of glare which causes discomfort without necessarily impairing the vision of objects. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Threshold of discomfort | Aerospace | In acoustics, for a specified signal, the minimum effective sound pressure level of that signal which, in a specified fraction of the trials, will stimulate the ear to a point at which the sensation of feeling becomes uncomfortable. The term applies similarly for other senses. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: discomfort | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Southern Discomfort | 18 | Discomfort | 2 | |
| The Discomfort Zone | 6 | Southern Discomfort | 18 | |
| Southern Discomfort (Rehab album) | 6 | Southern Discomfort (Rehab album) | 6 | |
| Discomfort | 2 | The Discomfort Zone | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
