| Main Entry: | discomfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irritation, pain |
Synonyms: |
ache, annoyance, discomfiture, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, distress, embarrassment, hardship, hurt, inquietude, malaise, nuisance, soreness, trouble, uneasiness, unpleasantness, upset, vexation |
Antonyms: |
comfort, ease, easiness, pleasure, relief |
| Main Entry: | discomfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate; cause pain |
Synonyms: |
discomfit, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, embarrass, make uncomfortable, nettle, perturb, upset, vex |
Antonyms: |
aid, alleviate, comfort, ease, help, relieve |
| Main Entry: | awkwardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment |
Synonyms: |
delicacy, difficulty, discomfort, inconvenience, inopportuneness, painfulness, stickiness, thorniness, ticklishness, trouble, uncomfortableness, unpleasantness, untimeliness |
Antonyms: |
cleverness |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause weariness, disinterest |
Synonyms: |
afflict, annoy, be tedious, bend one's ear, bother, burn out, cloy, discomfort, drag, exhaust, fatigue, irk, irritate, jade, pall, pester, put to sleep, send to sleep, talk one's ear off, tire, trouble, turn one off, vex, wear, wear out, weary, worry |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
Antonyms: |
amuse, charm, excite, interest, please |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discourage, frustrate |
Synonyms: |
abash, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, blast, blight, chagrin, chill, circumvent, cloud, confound, dampen, disappoint, discomfort, dismay, dispirit, foil, nip, ruin, spoil, thwart |
| Main Entry: | desperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hopelessness |
Synonyms: |
agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disconsolateness, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
Antonyms: |
confidence, contentment, security |
| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be injurious |
Synonyms: |
be distasteful, be disturbing, be sickening, be unsuitable, bother, discomfort, distress, go against the grain, hurt, injure, make ill, nauseate, sicken, trouble, upset |
Antonyms: |
aid, help |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontent, unhappiness |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disgruntlement, disinclination, dislike, disliking, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, disrelish, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, fretfulness, frustration, heartburn, hopelessness, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, lamentation, malcontent, malcontentment, oppression, querulousness, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry |
Antonyms: |
contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
Synonyms: |
ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news, blues, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, perplexity, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | frighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shock, scare |
Synonyms: |
affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat, bulldoze, chill, chill to the bone, cow, curdle the blood, daunt, demoralize, deter, disburb, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, make blood run cold, make teeth chatter, panic, perturb, petrify, repel, scare away, scare off, scare to death, spook, startle, stiff, strike terror into, terrify, terrorize, unhinge, unnerve |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, exhilarate, gladden |