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单词 discomfort
释义 I. discomfort, n.|dɪsˈkʌmfət|
Forms: see comfort.
[ME. disconfort, a. OF. desconfort (12th c. in Littré), mod.F. déconfort, vbl. n. from desconforter to discomfort. Cf. also dis- 9.]
1. Undoing or loss of courage; discouragement, disheartening. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xi. 488 Oftsiss of ane vord may riss Discomfort and tynsall with-all.c1470Henry Wallace x. 168 The tothir Scottis..For disconford to leiff the feild was boun.1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) vi. xviii. 264/1 More dyscomforte it is to an oost yf they see theyr chefteyne flee..and more comfort to the enmyes.1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 20 §2 To the great discomforte and fere of your true officers.1551Crowley Pleas. & Payne 81 Wyth spytefull wordis of disconforte.
2. Absence or deprivation of comfort or gladness; desolation, distress, grief, sorrow, annoyance. Obs. (exc. as in 3).
1382Wyclif Matt. xxiv. 15 The abhomynacioun of discomfort, that is seid of Danyel, the prophete.1413Pilgr. Sowle Caxton (1483) i. iii. 4 This grysely ghoost also bygan to cryen, wherof I was ful gretely annoyed and in ful hyghe discomfort.1529More Comf. agst. Trib. i. Wks. 1144/1 So is the discomfort of that persone desperate, that desyreth not his owne coumforte.1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 150 For swine..eate not onely their owne, but yoong children..to the pittiful discomfort of the parent.1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. iii. 34 What meane you (Sir) To giue them this discomfort? Looke they weepe.a1716South (J.), In solitude there is not only discomfort but weakness also.1847Longfellow Ev. ii. i. 68 Thus did that poor soul wander in want and in cheerless discomfort.
b. with pl. Something that causes distress; a trouble, grief. Obs. or arch. (exc. as in 3 b).
c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 168 Here freendes sawe that it was no disport To romen by the see but disconfort.1536Wriothesley Chron. (1875) I. 33 Which was a great discompfort to all this realme.1562I. S. (title), Truth tried: very comfortable to the faithful, but a discomfort to the enemies of God.1859Tennyson Elaine 1066 This discomfort he hath done the house.
3. Now in weakened sense: The condition of being uncomfortable; uneasiness (of mind or body): cf. comfort n. 6, comfortable a. 7, 10.
1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 85, I will cure thee without any discomfort to thy person.1842A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 4) 205 The great discomfort which attends the subsequent indigestion of a heavy dinner.1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 255 The Scots..began to find that independence had its discomfort as well as its dignity.1862Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. III. iv. 126 The excitement produced by the cigar is followed by a feeling of discomfort.
b. with pl. Something that makes one uncomfortable; an inconvenience, hardship. (Cf. comfort n. 7.)
1841James Brigand i, The inconveniences and discomforts which those beautiful days of the south sometimes bring.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 485 The troops who had gone on shore had many discomforts to endure.1885E. Garrett At Any Cost i. 19 Mrs. Sinclair was one of those who instinctively avoid all avoidable discomforts.
Formerly, like the vb., confused with discomfit n.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. xxiv. (Arb.) 62 Ouerthrowes and discomforts in battell.
II. discomfort, v.|dɪsˈkʌmfət|
Also 4–6 dys-, -con-: see comfort.
[ME. discomfort, desconfort, a. OF. desconfort-er (12th c. in Littré), mod.F. déconforter, f. des-, dis- 4 + conforter comfort v.; cf. It. disconfortare.]
1. trans. To deprive of courage or strength of mind; to discourage, dishearten, dismay. Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 70 Discomfort no þing þe, so faire happe neuer þou fond.c1340Cursor M. 15543 (Fairf.) Loke ȝe ȝu disconfort [earlier texts mismay] noȝt.1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 28 Preamb., The seid sueters..were..disconforted & in dispayre of expedicion of ther suetes.1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. v. x. 10 My Lord, you doe discomfort all the Hoste.a1677Manton True Circumcision Wks. 1871 II. 39 The mind..which is naturally discomforted and weakened..is mightely revived and encouraged with these glad tidings.1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Discomfort..to afflict, cast down, or put out of Heart.
2. To deprive of comfort or gladness; to distress, grieve, sadden; to render disconsolate or sorrowful. Obs. or arch. (exc. as in 3).
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) i. iii. 4 The syght of some thynges that I sawe gladyd moche my herte and the syght of somme other thynges dyscomfortyd me hugely.c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxviii. 590 Ye doo not well for to make soo grete sorowe, nor to discomforte yourself so moche as ye doo.a1533Ld. Berners Huon xlvii. 159 She was ryght sorowfull and sore dyscomfortyd.1698Norris Pract. Disc. IV. 109 Is not every Man concern'd to provide that neither the Desire of Life may imbitter his Death, nor the Fear of Death discomfort his Life?1845T. W. Coit Puritanism 386 The man who went to discomfort Abp. Laud in his imprisonment.1882Rossetti Ball. & Sonn., Rose Mary, Long it was ere she raised her head And rose up all discomforted.
b. intr. (for refl.) To distress oneself, grieve. Obs. rare.
1554–9in Songs & Ball., Philip & Mary (1860) 3 O why shold we be..sad? Or for to dyscomfort what thyng shold us compell?
3. Now in weakened sense: To make uncomfortable or uneasy (mentally or physically).
1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. IV. v. xix. §27 He is careless..nor feels discomforted, though his walls should be full of fissures like the rocks.1859Thackeray Virgin. (1879) I. 296 Mr. Wolfe looked very much discomforted.1893Q. [Couch] Delectable Duchy 37 The Registrar..was discomforted by a pair of tight boots.Mod. Does the want of the cushion discomfort you?
Formerly often confused with or used for discomfit v., q.v.
1382Wyclif Matt. xii. 25 Eche kyngdam departid aȝeins hym self, shal be desolat, or discounfortid.1483Caxton G. de la Tour L iij, He allone discomforted and ouercame thre thousand persones.1596J. Norden Progr. Pietie (1847) 102 When the wicked shall fall and be utterly discomforted.1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 288 The Turks discomforted with the inuincible courage of these old soldiers..betooke themselues to flight.1628Crt. & Times Chas. I (1848) I. 410 The news..almost discomforted our hopes.
Hence disˈcomforted ppl. a., disˈcomforting vbl. n. and ppl. a.; disˈcomfortedly, disˈcomfortingly advs.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 212 Þo þe Romeyns were wyþ out chef, dyscomforted hii were.1375Barbour Bruce iii. 193 For throw mekill disconforting Men fallis off into disparyng.c1400Melayne 240 The Sarazen slewe oure cristyn knyghte, It was dyscomforthynge.1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) L ij, The bitter teares of the disconfortede Quene.1787William of Normandy I. 114 Amid the unavailing sorrows of a now discomforted people.1857Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. II. 418 A most discomforting knowledge of the consequences which had ensued.1873R. Broughton Nancy III. 64, I snubbedly and discomfortedly put them in my own breast.1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. II. i. 13 Involuntarily, discomfortingly.
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