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discomfort

verb as in irritate; cause pain

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Keep those toes warmYour extremities might be the most important parts of your body to care for and pay attention to as you seek to prevent discomfort and cold injuries such as frostbite.

While Hart’s research shows that people generally overestimate the discomfort level, plainly there are limits.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to prevent this, but getting the shot in your non-dominant arm can mean less discomfort the following day, which you can then treat with a warm compress.

Aside from the obvious discomfort when wearing cold, wet clothing, it is actually dangerous.

Get some backupIn the gaming community, some see gaming sickness as a weakness, but there’s absolutely no shame in getting some help if it means reducing discomfort and playing for a little while longer.

Scrolling through this hate-filled manifesto for the first time made the hairs on my arm tingle with discomfort.

He uses some combination of the words comfort or discomfort in regards to how he feels about situations over 30 times.

All under the same roof— but a place containing extremes of comfort and discomfort.

For most people, just saying the name Manson is enough to prompt discomfort.

My discomfort stemmed from the inherent gulf between the two disciplines.

The rest is easy, though you may be subjected to some slight discomfort between this and Grenoble.

The excitement of the occasion may prevent immediate discomfort in such cases, but it adds to the subsequent danger.

It became possible to breathe without discomfort to the lungs; my eyes no longer stung and watered.

She was delicate and unaccustomed to privation and discomfort—and the cottage had its disadvantages.

Margaret tried to talk of other things, but was in too much discomfort to exert herself enough to divert his attention.

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On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to discomfort, such as: ache, annoyance, displeasure, disquiet, embarrassment, and hardship.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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