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discomforting

adjective as in comfortless

adjective as in sticky

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Example Sentences

He texted Kelly, asking if she had peppermints to try to curb the discomfort.

It might seem logical to avoid exercise-related discomfort by eliminating certain movements altogether.

Obviously it would be better if she faced her discomfort, squared up and made nice.

After all, embracing open-ended discomfort is exactly what endurance athletes do every day in training, so it makes sense that they have a high pain tolerance.

Despite the initial discomfort, she’s eaten out three more times since then — though you wouldn’t know it from her Instagram or other social media accounts.

From Eater

The degree to which the Obama administration detached itself from the operation politically is discomforting.

In that discomforting sense, the system has become more a haven for criminals than a defender of victims.

He wanted to be without it and its discomforting reproaches.

But he became aware of something unusual and discomforting in the atmosphere, and when his grandmother said sternly, "Sit down!"

They bent to the gale and pressed on, Gard with a discomforting remembrance that the Coupée lay ahead.

Another very discomforting surprise was in store for the cruel Huns.

Most discomforting, however, was the manner in which other flowers measured up in comparison to Adua.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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