English → Latin
“discomfort” in Latin
incommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableincommoditāsinconvenience, unsuitableness; disadvantage, damage, injuryperturbātiōconfusion; disturbance, disorder; commotioncūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowsollicitūdōanxiety, worry, concern, uneasiness; watchful concern, solicitude; anxious care or attention, painstakingnessangōto bind, draw, press together; to choke, throttle, strangle (replaced in Classical Latin by suffoco); to cause physical aegritūdōillness, sickness; grief, sorrowmolestiatrouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness; uneasiness, annoyance; molestationinquiētūdōrestlessness, disturbanceaccipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to hea
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discomfort s.
mala corporis affectio (bodily discomfort): incommodum: incommoditas (anything that is inconvenient, disagreeable, annoying; the latter mostly post-Augustan): (animi) perturbatio (uneasiness of mind): cura (uneasiness, apprehension): sollicitudo (anxiety): angor (distress and anguish of mind from apprehension of an impending evil) :aegritudo (distress of mind, caused by a present evil): molestia (trouble; depression of spirits): cf., inquietudo post-Augustan, (Sen.). To suffer discomfort, incommodum capere or accipere: aliquo affici incommodo (to suffer any inconvenience, annoyance, etc.): molestiam trahere (ex aliqua re); molestiam capere; perturbari; commoveri; permoveri; sollicitum esse de re: nothing caused me more discomfort than, etc., nihil me magis sollicitabat, quam, etc.: to cause any discomfort to anybody, alicui aliquid sollicitudinis afferre (any anxiety); molestiam alicui aspergere (Cic.) or afferre (Terentianus); alicui aliquid incommodi importare; aliquem aliquo incommodo afficere (to cause him any annoyance, inconvenience, hurt, etc.); without discomfort, sine incommodo; sine molestia :” to bear anything without discomfort,” aliquid aequo animo ferre: to our great discomfort, nostro incommodo: to suffer no discomfort, incommodi nihil accipere: Vid: UNEASINESS.
discomfort v.
aliquem perturbare, commovere, permovere; aliquem or alicujus animum conturbare (to distress, agitate, etc.): sollicitare aliquem or sollicitum facere: alicui aliquid sollicitudinis afferre (cause him anxiety): agitare aliquem or alicujus animum (to agitate him): molestiam alicui aspergere (trouble him): incommodi aliquid importare alicui: alicui incommodare (cause him inconvenience, annoyance): cf., inquietare (Sen., Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discomfort?
- The usual Latin words for “discomfort” are incommodus, incommoditās, perturbātiō; also cūra, sollicitūdō, angō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.