Discomfited

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. thwarted; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement.
  • adjective. same as discombobulated.
  • noun plural. people who are defeated.
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  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of discomfit.
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  • adjective. disappointingly unsuccessful
  • noun. people who are defeated
  • Word Usage
    "Manuscript, Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia; Edgar Allan Poe explains to John Allan that he was "discomfited" when Allan did not visit him at West Point on the latter's visit to the area."