“discomfiting”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

discomfiting

释义

discomfiting, a.
Brit. |dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪŋ|, U.S. |dɪsˈkəmfədɪŋ|
[‹ discomfit v. + -ing suffix².]
That causes unease or embarrassment; disconcerting.
1765B. Wallin Lect. on Primitive Christianity v. xxvi. 428 The subject can hear but little..which is very discomfiting.1848Times 15 Dec. 4/6 We cannot forget that the latter committed one or two blunders of an awkward and discomfiting description.1881Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 2 220 Had Pindar meant discomfiting dismissal, πέµπω would hardly have been the word used.1968Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry1141458/1 Even more discomfiting is the resurrection of the syndrome of neurasthenia.2003Columbia Journalism Rev. Sept.–Oct. 7/1 Identification with the nation's leaders becomes the order of the day, unmarred by discomfiting questions about the state of the emperor's clothes.

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