as in concerns
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the harsh criticism of his musical talent did not discomfort him in the least
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as in perturbations
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as in inconveniences
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discomforts
Verb
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The most eye-catching revelation concerns the travel habits of CEO Alex Karp, whose executive aircraft expenses more than doubled over the previous year, suggesting the chief executive may have spent nearly one-third of his year in the sky.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
18 Feb. 2026 -
What concerns us most is how the campus has been responding.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The venues in Beijing were mostly empty, and the teams were isolated from each other, subject to daily COVID tests and other inconveniences that put a notable damper on the experience.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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There's an affluent half of the population whose financial lives aren't disrupted by momentary inconveniences.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Wildfire worries As the warmth builds, dry, gusty winds will sweep across the High Plains this week, increasing the risk of wildfire ignition and rapid spread.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Even this newspaper story worries her.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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That Lifeline Grocery Initiative has grown into a full farmers market with a pay-what-you-can model that encourages shoppers to create a new relationship with food, no matter their economic hardships.—
Annemarie Dooling,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Feb. 2026
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The union has disputed Kaiser’s claims that a significant number of its members had crossed picket lines and returned to work, some of whom have talked about the financial hardships of striking.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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But that's not really what alarms me, someone making money off of military advancements.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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But what alarms him most is the silence from the business community.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Barry said the new penalties are being enacted to coincide with the town’s passage of new rules dealing with nuisances and stormwater issues.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Jody Allen should not appear on a list of the NFL’s biggest nuisances.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Most people are able to put the splint away once their plantar fasciitis no longer bothers them.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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That inward struggle made it to the surface because Glenn no longer bothers with charades.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Bell also said that the agency, which sets infectious disease reporting requirements, hasn’t considered adding hospitalizations to the list because the primary purpose of public health surveillance is to understand disease transmission, frequency and distribution — not to track complications.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Of course, one of the heaviest complications was being so lucky when so many others around us had lost their memories, their universes, their lives, even.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Discomforts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discomforts. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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