Discomfit
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transitive verb.
To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert.
synonym
:
embarrass
.
transitive verb.
To defeat in battle; vanquish.
noun.
Discomfiture.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Rout; defeat; discomfiture.
To foil or thwart in battle; overcome completely in fighting; defeat; rout.
To disconcert; foil; frustrate the plans of; throw into perplexity and dejection.
Synonyms
Overpower, Rout
, etc. See
defeat
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Discomfited; overthrown.
noun.
Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
transitive verb.
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
transitive verb.
To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk� to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
defeat
completely; to
rout
.
verb.
To
defeat
the plans or hopes of; to
frustrate
.
verb.
To
embarrass
greatly; to
confuse
; to
perplex
; to
disconcert
.
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verb.
cause to lose one's composure