bad news vs discomfort

bad news

noun
  • An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing. 

  • News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. 

discomfort

noun
  • Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance. 

  • Mental or bodily distress. 

verb
  • To cause annoyance or distress to. 

How often have the words bad news and discomfort occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )