Rachel Maddow

I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.

American Journalist

Max Boot

I find myself increasingly forced to think of my ethnic identity instead of the national identity I adopted as a boy in 1976. That is discomfiting for me, and a tragedy for America.

American Author

Amity Gaige

Edan Lepucki sets her debut novel, 'California,' somewhere in the 2060s. The nearness of this era helps make her vision both more discomfiting and more credible.

American Novelist

Rick Perlstein

I'm a historian. The act of predicting the future discomfits me, in any event - and the bigger the prediction, the more distrusting I am.

American Historian

Virginia Postrel

As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.

American Writer

Brian Stelter

For Fox, it's extremely discomfiting not to be No. 1 all day, every day.

Tom Stoppard

Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting.

English Dramatist

Use 'discomfit' when someone feels awkward in social situations.

Social Embarrassment

'Discomfit' implies a mental or emotional state of unease.

Psychological Impact

It can involve disrupting someone's composure subtly, not overtly.

Subtle Disruption

Used to describe a strategy that has gone wrong, causing confusion.

Strategic Setback

When plans fail unexpectedly, 'discomfit' highlights disorder brought to strategies.

Interrupted Plans

References a breakdown in operations or systems, particularly in a technical context.