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discomfit::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | discompose, disconcert, untune, upset |
| Type of | enkindle, kindle, evoke, provoke, raise, arouse, fire, elicit |
| Has types | enervate, faze, hurt, inhibit, pain, throw, unnerve, abash, unsettle, afflict, anguish, bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate, dissolve, embarrass |
| Derivation | discomfiture |
Examples of discomfit
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Mr. Cooper relies on his translucent eyes, both to disarm and to discomfit.
From the post-gazette.com
There is much in this account to discomfit Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
From the economist.com
The two countries used never to miss a chance to discomfit each other.
From the economist.com
But today even the best zoos discomfit many parents, this one included.
From the time.com
Every day, it seems, global warming finds a new way to discomfit us.
From the nytimes.com
There will be much more dealing that will discomfit both sides before this business is over.
From the economist.com
Alas, security gridlock isn't likely to discomfit the TSA much.
From the online.wsj.com
Such words would ordinarily discomfit teachers and their unions.
From the latimes.com
Nothing in Common never settles into a self-confident stride, but it does dislocate, discomfit.
From the time.com
- Upset: cause to lose one's composure
- (discomfited) defeated: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
- (discomfited) defeated: people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
- To defeat completely; to rout; To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; To embarrass greatly; to confuse
- Verb - 1. to make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert 2. to thwart the plans of; frustrate 3. [archaic] to defeat in battle; vanquish
