discomforts 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of discomfort

discomforts

2 of 2

noun

plural of discomfort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for discomforts
Verb
  • The other legend concerns a black magic practitioner who fell in love with a princess.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Despite a national decline in bank robberies over the past several years, Colorado remains among the top states for these crimes — a fact that concerns local banking leaders who report an uptick in heists.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tillery also advises her clients to skip overpacking and go with carry-on luggage to avoid unnecessary baggage fees or inconveniences if there are flight changes.
    Essence, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Antibiotics have turned once deadly infections into minor inconveniences.
    NPR, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the dean worries about how the situation will come off to the rest of the academic community.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Garder worries about the dollars that aren’t coming in at all if travelers decide to skip national parks during the shutdown.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As the harsh winter months approached, the French army was forced to retreat, but not without facing many hardships.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • An election for Wyandotte County sheriff this November comes on the heels of a year fraught with hardships for the department, including a deputy’s line of duty death and a jail worker charged with murder after an inmate died at the county detention center.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But what alarms him most is the silence from the business community.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • While Cherry is more versed at keeping her rage simmering just below the surface, Laura struggles to hide her anguish and disgust, which alarms those closest to her.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Decades ago, marshes were considered nuisances, soggy flats to be drained, dried, and made waterproof with liberal coatings of asphalt.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?
    Time, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What bothers her most is how the refusal seemed to change her brother’s behavior.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • About 20% of unvaccinated people who get measles will be hospitalized, and 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children who are infected will die from complications of the disease, according to the CDC.
    Audrey Dutton, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, other council members have pushed back, citing the streetcar's boost to downtown property values and complications of paying back federal funding.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Discomforts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discomforts. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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