discomforting

comparative more discomforting · superlative most discomforting

1. Causing discomfort.

   After all, disorderliness can be very discomforting and dangerous.

   2006, Chris Brook, Gerry Mooney, Steve Pile, Unruly Cities?, page 4

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   The authors speculated that discussions about discrimination were more discomforting than discussions instilling ethnic pride, so parents refrained from initiating such discussions unless precipitated by a specific discriminatory incident.

   2016, Roberta L. Coles, Race and Family: A Structural Approach, page 154

   So now a slightly more discomforting slide is shown: one of the nurse aiming the needle toward someone's bare arm.

   2019, Spencer A. Rathus, Jeffrey S. Nevid, Psychology and the Challenges of Life, page 409

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of discomfort