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discomforter

discomforter noun: one who causes discomfort.

Noun

discomforter (plural discomforters)

  1. One who causes discomfort.
    • Next the tired captive sat down and was going to take off his buskins, timidly asking leave with his eye, but another silk-and-velvet discomforter went down upon his knees and took the office from him.1882, Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

Forms of discomforter

pluraldiscomforters

Origin of discomforter

From discomfort + -er.

Questions about discomforter

What does discomforter mean?
Discomforter means one who causes discomfort.
What part of speech is discomforter?
Discomforter is a noun.
What is the plural of discomforter?
The plural of discomforter is discomforters.

Words near discomforter in the dictionary

  1. discomfort
  2. discomfortable
  3. discomfortableness
  4. discomfortably
  5. discomforted
  6. discomforter
  7. discomforters
  8. discomforteth
  9. discomforting
  10. discomfortingly
  11. discomforts

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