Discomfort
Discomfort noun - The state of being tense and feeling pain.
Want and discomfort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a noun "Discomfort".
Nearby Words: discomforting, discomforted
Want
Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.
Discomfort and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discomfort" instead a noun "Want".
How words are described
| mild | mild discomfort | mild want |
| actual | actual discomfort | actual want |
| real | real discomfort | real want |
| constant | constant discomfort | constant want |
| Other adjectives: great, enormous, little, absolute, personal, possible, minor. | ||
Common collocations
| people | discomfort people | want people |
Both words in one sentence
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He later hints he didn't want to reveal he was scared, as his "thing" that episode was his discomfort with death.
Source: Series / NCIS: New Orleans - A strange variation in a Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories episode where a doctor removes the toes from women who don't want them anymore in gory detail yet they show no discomfort with the process.
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She does, however, express discomfort with Carmilla's wilder utterances, perhaps indicating an awareness that she doesn't want to acknowledge.
Source: Literature / Carmilla
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