Discomfiture Definition & Meaning

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Discomfiture

Discomfiture Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Discomfiture? [n] anxious embarrassment Synonyms \| Synonyms for Discomfiture: discomposure \| disconcertion \| disconcertment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Discomfiture: abashment \| agitation \| bafflement \| balk \| balking \| beating \| befuddlement \| betrayed hope \| bewilderment \| blasted expectation \| blighted hope \| blow \| bother \| botheration \| buffet \| chagrin \| chaos \| check \| checkmate \| cloud \| comedown \| commotion \| confounding \| confusion \| cruel disappointment \| dash \| dashed hope \| daze \| debacle \| defeasance \| defeat \| derangement \| descent \| disappointment \| disarrangement \| disarray \| disarticulation \| discombobulation \| discomposure \| disconcertedness \| disconcertion \| disconcertment \| discountenance \| disharmony \| dishevelment \| disillusionment \| disintegration \| disjunction \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| disorientation \| disproportion \| disquiet \| disruption \| dissatisfaction \| distress \| disturbance \| down \| drubbing \| embarrassment \| entropy \| failure \| fallen countenance \| fiasco \| fizzle \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| fog \| foil \| foiling \| forlorn hope \| frenzy \| frustration \| fuddle \| fuddlement \| haphazardness \| haze \| hope deferred \| incoherence \| indiscriminateness \| inharmonious harmony \| irregularity \| jumble \| letdown \| licking \| maze \| mess \| mirage \| mist \| mortification \| most admired disorder \| muddle \| muddlement \| nonsymmetry \| nonuniformity \| overthrow \| perplexity \| perturbation \| pother \| prickles \| promiscuity \| promiscuousness \| pucker \| randomness \| rebuff \| repulse \| reversal \| reverse \| rout \| ruffle \| setback \| shellacking \| shuffle \| sore disappointment \| stew \| sweat \| swivet \| tantalization \| tease \| thwarting \| tizzy \| turbulence \| unease \| uneasiness \| unsettlement \| unsymmetry \| ununiformity \| upset \| vanquishment See Also \| anxiety \| embarrassment Discomfiture In Webster's Dictionary \Discom"fiture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture, F. d['e]confiture. See {Discomfort}, v. t., and cf. {Comfiture}.] The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. --1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. --Macaulay.

Discomfiture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Discomfiture?

[n] anxious embarrassment

Synonyms | Synonyms for Discomfiture: discomposure | disconcertion | disconcertment

See Also | anxiety | embarrassment

Discomfiture In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*com"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture,
F. d['e]confiture. See {Discomfort}, v. t., and cf.
{Comfiture}.]
The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited;
rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and
dejection.

      Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was
      a very great discomfiture.               --1 Sam. xiv.
                                               20.

      A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and
      disgrace.                                --Macaulay.

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