Question

Choose the word which best expresses the opposite of the given word.
 COMFORT
(A) Uncomfort
(B) Miscomfort
(C )Discomfort
(D )None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Opposites are words lying in an inherently incompatible binary relationship. For example, something that is long entails that it is not short. It is referred to as a 'binary' relationship because there are two members in a set of opposites.

Complete answer:
A word that communicates a meaning opposite to another word's meaning, in which case the two words are antonyms of one another. Synonyms: antonym, reverse Antonym: synonym, word equivalent. In relation to that context, two terms which can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous.
An antonym is a word meaning the opposite of a different word. "For example, the antonym of" hot "may be" cold. "The root words for the word" antonym "are the words" anti, "meaning" against, "or" opposite, "and" onym, "meaning" name.
Let's take a look at what the term 'synonym' means in order to better understand antonyms. A synonym is a term which has a meaning identical to or exactly the same as another term. Exactly the same are synonyms and antonyms.

Synonyms are words in the same language which have the same or nearly the same meaning. In contrast to the other, antonyms are expressions that have opposite significance. Option C) discomfort is right because the word discomfort implies moderate pain and the word comfort implies a state of physical comfort and freedom from pain or restriction. Both of these words are opposite to one another. As they do not have the opposite meaning to the given word, the other options are not right.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:Antonyms are used to reverse the meaning of a sentence. The use of antonyms is considered very important in English grammar. For correct use of antonyms, you will have to strengthen your vocabulary and memorize synonyms of maximum words.