discomfit
verb (used with object)
to confuse and deject; disconcert.
discomfiting
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present participleof discomfit.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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
But new clubs can lead to unexpected outcomes and, under the pressure of competition, that can become discomfiting.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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
And the revisions pertaining to Jocasta’s marriage to Laius, who was killed in a car accident decades before, bring a discomfiting and topical contemporary edge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 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
