discomfit

He had not yet come out to his parents as gay, and worried such accusations might discomfit his family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

Warhol also embraced camp as a personal style, performing a theatrical effeminacy that equated to a strategic queerness designed to discomfit those among his contemporaries who held him to be "too swish."

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2022

And the spectacle of nonviolent suffering in a just cause had the potential to discomfit witnesses and render violent and intimidating reprisals less effective.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2021

It’ll discomfit, even if that discomfiture is being given a beauty so naked that you suddenly can’t pretend you don’t have a soul.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 24, 2019

Paul uses the word to discomfit them who pervert his teaching.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Martin Luther

That trajectory is unlikely to change as uncertainty over the deal discomfits advertisers, the main source of Twitter’s revenue.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022

But in all dealings with Saudi Arabia, Mr. Biden should stand by the principles that Khashoggi so passionately cared for, however much it discomfits the pouty monarch in Riyadh.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022

Whatever it meant in the past, and however it discomfits the present, the Aeneid has, alas, always anticipated the future.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

“Little Panic” grips and discomfits in the best way.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2018

Then said Thersitês, in his beard: "Certainly Pelidês has learned from history with what weapon a strong man discomfits the Philistines."

From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell

“Mr. Cerimedo never had the authorization to represent ... the presidency, the government or my family,” a deeply discomfited Paz said in Facebook message last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

It felt a bit like being in a group therapy session in which you alone are the primary and discomfited focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Easily discomfited when danced into corners from which the only escape is introspection.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024

But he was discomfited by the capricious bounces of last month’s US Open at Pinehurst, a rare event where he failed to trouble the leaderboard operatives.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024

Greatly discomfited, the Helper turned to his partner, a wisp of a woman who seemed to be trying to hide behind her hair.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

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

“Giant” is a probing character study that raises the discomfiting question of how a man of intelligence and imagination could hold such atavistic and pernicious views.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

It also doesn’t hurt that Corey C. Waters’ 16mm cinematography is so richly textured and easy to fall into, even when what we’re seeing is sometimes extremely discomfiting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

It was discomfiting to observe how Kimberly lurched, keen to do the right thing and not knowing what the right thing was.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie