discomfit
Example Sentences
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Perhaps Hughes's biggest achievement is in making it so discomfiting to watch.
From BBC
There are shots of guns that suggest violence will happen, and scenes featuring animals — herds of deer or flamingos landing in the pool — that are discomfiting.
From Salon
But not one of them will serve a single day in prison or otherwise be much discomfited for the death and social destruction they have wreaked on this country.
From Los Angeles Times
But when we push ourselves into challenging or discomfiting situations, much like trainers who push athletes just past their comfort zone to make gains, learning often happens.
From Scientific American
Before June of this year, he had not come out to his parents as gay, and worried the accusations might discomfit his family.
From Los Angeles Times
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