discomforting

adj

1. Causing discomfort.

   “After all, disorderliness can be very discomforting and dangerous.”

   “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.”

   “So now a slightly more discomforting slide is shown: one of the nurse aiming the needle toward someone's bare arm.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of discomfort