About The Word Discomfit
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Discomfit
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What's The Definition Of Discomfit?
[v] cause to lose one's composure
Synonyms | Synonyms for Discomfit: discompose | disconcert | untune | upset Related Terms | Find terms related to Discomfit: abash | addle | addle the wits | annoy | appall | astound | baffle | balk | ball up | becloud | bedazzle | befuddle | bewilder | blast | bother | brave | bug | cast down | chagrin | challenge | check | checkmate | circumvent | cloud | confound | confront | confuse | contravene | counter | counteract | countermand | counterwork | cross | dash | daze | dazzle | defeat | defy | destroy | discombobulate | discompose | disconcert | discountenance | dish | dismay | disorganize | disorient | disrupt | disturb | elude | embarrass | entangle | faze | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | foil | frustrate | fuddle | fuss | irk | knock the chocks | maze | mist | mix up | moider | mortify | muddle | nonplus | outdo | outwit | overcome | panic | perplex | perturb | pother | put out | put to flight | put to rout | raise hell | rattle | rout | ruffle | ruin | sabotage | scatter | scotch | spike | spoil | stampede | stonewall | stump | take aback | throw into confusion | thwart | trump | unnerve | unsettle | upset | vex | worry See Also | abash | afflict | anguish | arouse | bemuse | bewilder | discombobulate | elicit | embarrass | enervate | enkindle | evoke | faze | fire | hurt | kindle | pain | provoke | raise | throw | unnerve | unsettle Discomfit In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*com"fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomfited}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Discomfiting}.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of
desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make
ready, prepare, bring about. See {Comfit}, {Fact}.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
--Spenser.
2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw
into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.
Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
\Dis*com"fit\, a. Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.] \Dis*com"fit\, n. Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him. --Milton. |
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