Japanese do not feel it necessary to make babble in a silent moment, which Westerners find discomforting.
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Discomforting
Synonyms for "discomforting" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
After all, disorderliness can be very discomforting and dangerous.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
So now a slightly more discomforting slide is shown: one of the nurse aiming the needle toward someone's bare arm.
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