discomforting

English

Adjective

discomforting (comparative more discomforting, superlative most discomforting)

  1. Causing discomfort.
    • 2006, Chris Brook, Gerry Mooney, Steve Pile, Unruly Cities?, page 4:
      After all, disorderliness can be very discomforting and dangerous.
    • 2016, Roberta L. Coles, Race and Family: A Structural Approach, page 154:
      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.
    • 2019, Spencer A. Rathus, Jeffrey S. Nevid, Psychology and the Challenges of Life, page 409:
      So now a slightly more discomforting slide is shown: one of the nurse aiming the needle toward someone's bare arm.

Derived terms

Verb

discomforting

  1. present participle and gerund of discomfort
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