2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discomfiture \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
discomfiture
n 1: anxious embarrassment [syn: {discomposure}, {disconcertion},
{disconcertment}]
2: a defeat in battle [syn: {rout}, {discomfit}]
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