discomforting
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.97 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
present participle and gerund of discomfort
Example Sentences
- "After all, disorderliness can be very discomforting and dangerous."
- "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."
- "So now a slightly more discomforting slide is shown: one of the nurse aiming the needle toward someone's bare arm."
Inflected Forms
more discomforting (comparative)
most discomforting (superlative)