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  2. making you feel uncomfortable or uncertain: Being alone in the city at night was a very discomfiting experience. The degree of intimacy in his account is at times a bit discomfiting. Fewer examples. He's a very private man and the photo session is discomfiting for him.

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      to make someone feel uncomfortable, especially mentally....

  3. to make someone feel uncomfortable, especially mentally. Synonyms. disconcert. upset. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate. anger. annoy. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate. hack someone off. harass. nark. rub someone up the wrong way idiom.

  4. to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert; to frustrate the plans of : thwart; to defeat in battle… See the full definition

  5. 1. to confuse and deject; disconcert. 2. to frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil.

  6. adjective. formal us / dɪˈskʌm.fɪt̬.ɪŋ / uk / dɪˈskʌm.fɪt.ɪŋ / Add to word list. making you feel uncomfortable or uncertain: Being alone in the city at night was a very discomfiting experience. The degree of intimacy in his account is at times a little discomfiting. Fewer examples.

  7. IPA guide. Other forms: discomfited; discomfiting; discomfits. To discomfit someone is to make them feel uncomfortable or upset. An easy way to discomfit another person is to use the age-old, childish trick of ignoring them.

  8. Definition of 'discomfit' COBUILD frequency band. discomfit. (dɪskʌmfɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense discomfits, present participle discomfiting, past tense, past participle discomfited. verb. If you are discomfitedby something, it causes you to feel slightly embarrassed or confused. [written]