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<p><b>1.</b> <def>Discouragement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.</def> "An age of spiritual <i>discomfort</i>."

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<blockquote>Strive against all the <b>discomforts</b> of thy sufferings. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discomfortable</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*com"fort*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>desconfortable</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A labyrinth of little <b>discomfortable</b> garrets. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Discommend</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis`com*mend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>By commending something in him that is good, and <b>discommending</b> the same fault in others. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.</def>

<blockquote>A compliance will <b>discommend</b> me to Mr. Coventry. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discommendable</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`com*mend"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deserving, disapprobation or blame.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Discommendation</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*com`men*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Blame; censure; reproach.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Discommender</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`com*mend"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who discommends; a dispraiser.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>