- present participle of discomfort.
discomforting
Example Sentences
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That calmed worries that had built on Wall Street that the inflation data could show a discomforting reacceleration.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The discomforting intimacy of the sequence has stayed with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
If your thirst for strange Santas is still not quenched, this discomforting Mexican morality tale will be the gift that keeps on giving — nightmares, that is.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
But there are times to make people uncomfortable enough that they stop discomforting others.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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