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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

discomforting en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Causing discomfort.
    • So now a slightly more discomforting slide is shown: one of the nurse aiming the needle toward someone's bare arm. 2019, Spencer A. Rathus, Jeffrey S. Nevid, Psychology and the Challenges of Life, page 409:
    • The authors speculated that discussions about discrimination were more discomforting than discussions instilling ethnic pride, so parents refrained from initiating such discussions unless precipitated by a specific discriminatory incident. 2016, Roberta L. Coles, Race and Family: A Structural Approach, page 154:
    • After all, disorderliness can be very discomforting and dangerous. 2006, Chris Brook, Gerry Mooney, Steve Pile, Unruly Cities?, page 4:

Forms

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most discomforting Degree=Sup lexicographic
more discomforting Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

discomfortingly

Translations (1)

es desconfortante (Translations)

discomforting en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of discomfort
    form of discomfort