About The Word Discomfiture

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Discomfiture

Discomfiture Meaning & Definition
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

\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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