discomforting

adj

discomforting

adj

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:

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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:

Derived terms: discomfortingly

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