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discomforting

discomforting adjective: causing discomfort. Also the present participle and gerund of discomfort.

Adjective

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
    • 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

Also used as

discomforting is also the present participle and gerund of discomfort.

Forms of discomforting

comparativemore discomforting
superlativemost discomforting

Words formed from discomforting

Questions about discomforting

What does discomforting mean?
Discomforting means causing discomfort.
What part of speech is discomforting?
Discomforting is an adjective.

Words near discomforting in the dictionary

  1. discomfortably
  2. discomforted
  3. discomforter
  4. discomforters
  5. discomforteth
  6. discomforting
  7. discomfortingly
  8. discomforts
  9. discommend
  10. discommendable
  11. discommendably

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