Israel's government, for one, looks increasingly discomfited by the new wind blowing from Washington.

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This message was delivered by a visibly discomfited and somewhat wizened looking Defense Minister Morimoto Satoshi on the July 2.

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Liberals who want the act struck down should be discomfited by the reason the court should give when doing this.

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The Iraqi delegation, led by Izzat Ibrahim, the vice-chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, had other reasons to feel discomfited.

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All this has wrong-footed his Democratic opponents, just as a relentlessly centrist Mr Clinton discomfited Bob Dole during last year's presidential race.

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Mr Netanyahu and his colleagues are plainly discomfited by what they see as a burgeoning campaign, especially in the West, to erode Israel's legitimacy.

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Perhaps this is a nod to those discomfited by the feature.

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Still, the choice of Dubai, a commercial hub with friendly ties to the West, as a venue for the assassination has discomfited some Israelis in intelligence circles.

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It is hard to tell whether Mr Hollande feels discomfited.

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Neither, though, particularly discomfited the FM.

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