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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of discomfit form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Tending to discomfit (“embarrass greatly; upset the composure of, disconcert”).

   "O I am deadly ſick!—reach me that thing, boy—'tis the moſt diſcomfiting ſickness— [...]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

discomfortingdisconcertingtroublingunsettlingupsetting

Example

More examples

"O I am deadly ſick!—reach me that thing, boy—'tis the moſt diſcomfiting ſickness— [...]"

Etymology

From discomfit + -ing.

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