"discomfort" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈkʌmfət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discomfort.wav [Southern-England] Forms: discomforts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|discomforten}} Middle English discomforten, {{der|en|xno|descomforter}} Anglo-Norman descomforter Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} discomfort (countable and uncountable, plural discomforts)
  1. Mental or bodily distress. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (mental or bodily distress): ἐνόχλημα (enókhlēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), притеснение (pritesnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), malestar [masculine] (Catalan), 不適 (Chinese Mandarin), 不适 (bùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 不安 (bù'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), ubehag [neuter] (Danish), inconfort [masculine] (French), დისკომფორტი (disḳomporṭi) (Georgian), შეწუხება (šec̣uxeba) (Georgian), Unbehagen [neuter] (German), kellemetlen érzés (Hungarian), panasz (Hungarian), anacair [feminine] (Irish), aineascaireacht [feminine] (Irish), anó [masculine] (Irish), deacracht [feminine] (Irish), dochma [masculine] (Irish), dochracht [feminine] (Irish), dochraide [feminine] (Irish), dócúl [masculine] (Irish), míchompord [masculine] (Irish), míshócúl [masculine] (Irish), neamhchompord [masculine] (Irish), neamhshócúl [masculine] (Irish), 不快 (fukai) (alt: ふかい) (Japanese), 不安 (fuan) (alt: ふあん) (Japanese), അസ്വസ്ഥത (asvasthata) (Malayalam), ക്ലേശം (klēśaṁ) (Malayalam), hūhi (Maori), ubehag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ubehag [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), niewygoda [feminine] (Polish), dyskomfort [masculine] (Polish), desconforto [masculine] (Portuguese), disconfort [neuter] (Romanian), дискомфо́рт (diskomfórt) [masculine] (Russian), mì-shocair [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), malestar [masculine] (Spanish), obehag [neuter] (Swedish), дискомфо́рт (dyskomfórt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-discomfort-en-noun-dlI4~prx Disambiguation of 'mental or bodily distress': 99 1
  2. Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something that disturbs one’s comfort): неудобство (neudobstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gene [common-gender] (Danish), inconfort [masculine] (French), დისკომფორტი (disḳomporṭi) (Georgian), მოუხერხებლობა (mouxerxebloba) (Georgian), უხერხულობა (uxerxuloba) (Georgian), kényelmetlenség (Hungarian), athmhaltas [masculine] (Irish), неу́добност (neúdobnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), непри́јатност (nepríjatnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), дискомфо́рт (diskomfórt) [masculine] (Russian), неудо́бство (neudóbstvo) [neuter] (Russian), desasosiego [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-discomfort-en-noun-PF9KhCmK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 61 18 10 Disambiguation of 'something that disturbs one’s comfort': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: motion discomfort

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈkʌmfət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discomfort.wav [Southern-England] Forms: discomforts [present, singular, third-person], discomforting [participle, present], discomforted [participle, past], discomforted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|discomforten}} Middle English discomforten, {{der|en|xno|descomforter}} Anglo-Norman descomforter Head templates: {{en-verb}} discomfort (third-person singular simple present discomforts, present participle discomforting, simple past and past participle discomforted)
  1. To cause annoyance or distress to.
    Sense id: en-discomfort-en-verb-YFejW6ju
  2. (obsolete) To discourage; to deject. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-discomfort-en-verb-ZK40nQ6u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: discomforter Related terms: discomfit

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386",
          "text": "[…] although overcrowding on the trains running via London Bridge has occasioned considerable discomfort to regular travellers, it was noticed that the alternative route was not extensively patronised, and that the trains were seldom more than half-filled.",
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          "ref": "1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86",
          "text": "The Western operating authorities are wisely concentrating their main line diesel power at individual sheds, beginning with Laira, so that engine-crews do not have the rather demoralising experience of switching about constantly between the comfort and ease of diesel handling and the relative discomfort and hard work of the steam footplate, as on other Regions.",
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          "roman": "šec̣uxeba",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "word": "შეწუხება"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "roman": "asvasthata",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "word": "അസ്വസ്ഥത"
        },
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "klēśaṁ",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "word": "ക്ലേശം"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "word": "hūhi"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ubehag"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "diskomfórt",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дискомфо́рт"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mì-shocair"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "malestar"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dyskomfórt",
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          "tags": [
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          "ref": "2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55",
          "text": "Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera",
          "text": "This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "roman": "neudobstvo",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "неудобство"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inconfort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "disḳomporṭi",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "word": "დისკომფორტი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mouxerxebloba",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "word": "მოუხერხებლობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uxerxuloba",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "word": "უხერხულობა"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "word": "kényelmetlenség"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "athmhaltas"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neúdobnost",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "неу́добност"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nepríjatnost",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "непри́јатност"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "diskomfórt",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дискомфо́рт"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "roman": "neudóbstvo",
          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "неудо́бство"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
          "tags": [
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          "ref": "2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera",
          "text": "This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.",
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      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "不適"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "bùshì",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "不适"
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      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "不安"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "inconfort"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "disḳomporṭi",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "დისკომფორტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šec̣uxeba",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "შეწუხება"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Unbehagen"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "enókhlēma",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "kellemetlen érzés"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "panasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anacair"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aineascaireacht"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anó"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "deacracht"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dochma"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dochracht"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dochraide"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "dócúl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "míchompord"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "míshócúl"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "neamhchompord"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "neamhshócúl"
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    {
      "alt": "ふかい",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukai",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "不快"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふあん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuan",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "不安"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "asvasthata",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "അസ്വസ്ഥത"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "klēśaṁ",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "ക്ലേശം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "word": "hūhi"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ubehag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ubehag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niewygoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyskomfort"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desconforto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "disconfort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diskomfórt",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дискомфо́рт"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mì-shocair"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obehag"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyskomfórt",
      "sense": "mental or bodily distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дискомфо́рт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neudobstvo",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неудобство"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gene"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inconfort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "disḳomporṭi",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "word": "დისკომფორტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mouxerxebloba",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "word": "მოუხერხებლობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uxerxuloba",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "word": "უხერხულობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "word": "kényelmetlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "athmhaltas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neúdobnost",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неу́добност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepríjatnost",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непри́јатност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diskomfórt",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дискомфо́рт"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neudóbstvo",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неудо́бство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that disturbs one’s comfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desasosiego"
    }
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}

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        "(obsolete) To discourage; to deject."
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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