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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discomfit \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
discomfited
adj 1: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and
thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: {defeated},
{disappointed}, {foiled}, {frustrated}, {thwarted}]
2: caused to feel self-conscious and uncomfortable; "was
discomfited by the personal questions"; "the child felt
embarrassed by the attention of the adults" [syn: {embarrassed}]
n : people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the
defeated" [syn: {defeated}]
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