discomfited
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It felt a bit like being in a group therapy session in which you alone are the primary and discomfited focus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
I came away from “Notes to John” feeling discomfited and saddened — though literary scholars may read it as providing context with which to deconstruct a great writer’s oeuvre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
But more than the medal, it would have been the aura the Scot seemed to run with that might have discomfited him.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024
I’m discomfited, in short, by the Muskian spectacle.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2023
Feeling discomfited in a way he could not remember having felt before, Bod made his way back to the Owenses’ tomb, and was pleased to see both of his parents waiting for him beside it.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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