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adjective

Definition of discomfitingnext
as in embarrassing
causing embarrassment the discomfiting scrutiny of an audience of music critics

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discomfiting

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verb

present participle of discomfit
1
as in frustrating
to prevent from achieving a goal constant interruptions discomfited her in her attempt to finish the speech, and she finally gave up

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2
as in confusing
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress he was discomfited by the awkward situation of having his ex-girlfriend meet his current one

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discomfiting
  1. embarrassing
  2. uncomfortable
  3. disconcerting
  4. awkward
  5. unpleasant
  6. disturbing
  7. difficult
Adjective
  • Usually such open nepotism would be seen as slightly embarrassing, but not to this crowd.
    Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This is a funny commentary on our embarrassing listens, and the random rabbit holes and deep cuts people lean into — and the silent majority influence of podcasters.
    EW.com, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of embarrassing
Adjective
  • Those numbers might have been a tad uncomfortable to handle, and the markets didn’t want to take inflation hot to go.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Trading either man may be the sort of franchise-altering decision that some are uncomfortable executing.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of uncomfortable
Verb
  • Russia was becoming more closed, and this was disconcerting for a generation that had grown up in a modernized and relatively open society.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Calculations on how many homeowners are at risk and how many are covered vary, but all are disconcerting.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of disconcerting
Adjective
  • Fentanyl abuse isn't the only opioid that can cause the awkward body reaction, Ciccarone said.
    James Ward, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Read More: The Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself Things might feel a little awkward during those early sessions, and that's normal, says Grant.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of awkward
Adjective
  • The news, predictably, was unpleasant: the Olympic roster was about to leak, and Clark wasn’t on it.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Almost everyone is bitter, unpleasant, scheming, self-centered, manipulative or awful (or just plain crazy).
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of unpleasant
Adjective
  • Duchamp spent the last twenty years of his life working in secret on a three-dimensional tableau vivant of a naked, headless female body in a realistic landscape, a strangely disturbing image that is both a summary of his meta-retinal art and a total departure from it.
    Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • One of the more disturbing results was from the dinner party at the Brooklyn apartment of my ProPublica colleague.
    Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of disturbing
Adjective
  • An at least 200-year-old celebration of French and Mediterranean cuisine, macarons are renowned as the ‘impossible dessert,’ a result of the notoriously involved and difficult baking process.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • So trying to get your voice there and control the inflections and all was very difficult.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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