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discomforted

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verb

past tense of discomfort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for discomforted
Adjective
  • Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.
    Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
  • She’s come a long way from the teen who was embarrassed to wear a stocking on her head, Campion says.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The mineral can stay airborne for days once disturbed, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The relationship quickly unearthed something that disturbed him.
    Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.
    John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But this year’s bash is looking a little more abashed.
    New York Times, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Delphine Hicks—Caroline had waited for her beside the church steps one First Sunday (big meeting day) and had thrown her to the ground and robbed the abashed vampire of her underthings.
    Zora Neale Hurston, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
Verb
  • Slot said Alexander-Arnold was not distracted by fluttering eyes in Spain but the right-back looked like a man with his mind elsewhere.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, some basic realities are that Russia is distracted by the war Ukraine, and is not of much help to Iran's regional military strategy.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The resolution is seeking $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years, measures that have met opposition from Democrats and made some Republicans uneasy.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In my conversations with barbecue people, there was often uneasy tension about whether craft barbecue is something new or a return to an old way of doing things.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The business community is also bracing for potential impacts, with some worried that the new tolls could discourage shoppers and visitors, potentially leading to reduced foot traffic and sales in the affected areas.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Overall, the stock market had a strong 2024, even as Americans worried about the economy.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There's so much freedom in not being self-conscious.
    H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • At one point, Djordjevic traces the ridges of tree bark with the palm of his hand, self-conscious but hopeful of some sort of revelation.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Discomforted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discomforted. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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