discomfiting

ADJECTIVE

embarrassing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awkward confusing difficult disconcerting distressing disturbing exasperating inconvenient perplexing puzzling shameful ticklish tricky troublesome troubling uncomfortable unseemly upsetting worrisome

STRONG

bewildering compromising discommoding distracting mortifying rattling

WEAK

delicate disagreeable discommodious equivocal impossible incommodious inopportune sensitive sticky touchy uneasy unpropitious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

convenient easy helpful straightforward uncomplicated

WEAK

comfortable unshameful

NOUN

confusion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bewilderment disorientation distraction embarrassment turbulence turmoil

STRONG

abashment agitation befuddlement bemusement chagrin commotion demoralization discomfiture dither flap fluster lather perplexity perturbation pother puzzlement stew tumult

WEAK

abashing addling befuddling blurring cluttering confounding disarranging disturbing dumbfounding embarrassing embroiling mixup mystification obscuring perplexing stirring up tangling unsettling upsetting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm peace

STRONG

calmness happiness

WEAK

clarity composure method order organization orientation sense system

Example Sentences

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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

Her sister Jessica advised a subtle but discomfiting grip change after a two-over-par opening 73 in which she repeatedly lost drives to the right.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

And sometimes that gaze is just discomfiting, full stop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

His calm and deadpan delivery of Teddy’s crazy talk gives it a discomfiting authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

I never expected to be someone who hired others to maintain my image, and at first the idea was discomfiting.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

discomfiting

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