- present participle of discomfit.
discomfiting
Example Sentences
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Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
He did not have to ask how his editorial oversight had failed to spot a discomfiting level of undisclosed A.I. use.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
Once we move to the “Mother” sequence, we’ve started to acclimate to the movie’s discomfiting rhythms — which is good considering that, if anything, Timothea and Lilith’s relationship with their mom is even frostier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
His calm and deadpan delivery of Teddy’s crazy talk gives it a discomfiting authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The nested Pythagorean solids also made no allowance for the existence of the Earth’s moon, and Galileo’s discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter was also discomfiting.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
