0 present participle of discomfit
1 to make someone feel uncomfortable, especially mentally
A singular beginning of the universe is not ipso facto unphysical or unscientific, though it may be discomfiting.
This was the source of the stock owners' obligation to avoid discomfiting passengers.
They are unafraid to confront us with the discomfiting consequences of methodological problems.
When there is variance among the subjects' backgrounds, it is sometimes related to age at arrival in discomfiting ways.
But the result is a discomfiting conflict of convictions in the novel.
Their passage is problematic precisely in not being marked as one - and it is as a reflection on the qualities of their thinking that one should find this discomfiting.
In truth, the discomfiture of political opponents can be delicious, but this matter goes far beyond the cheap discomfiting of political opponents.
Statistics on unpaid vehicle excise duty are now reaching not discomfiting but positively alarming proportions.
