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discomfited

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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