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discomfiting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of discomfiting

causing embarrassment

the discomfiting scrutiny of an audience of music critics

Synonyms of discomfiting

awkward, disconcerting, disturbing, embarrassing, flustering, uncomfortable

Words Related to discomfiting

confusing, difficult, disagreeable, impossible, inconvenient, intolerable, troublesome, unpleasant, unwieldy

debasing, degrading, demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying

Near Antonyms of discomfiting

agreeable, comfortable, convenient, pleasing

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