Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
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Verb
discomfited- past of discomfit
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abashed, afflicted, agitated, all up with, amiss, askew, awry, beat, beaten, beset, bested, bothered, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, cockeyed, confounded, confused, convulsed, defeated, deranged, disarranged, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, done for, done in,
down, embarrassed, fallen, fixed, floored, haywire, hors de combat, hung
up, ill at ease, in disorder, lambasted, lathered, licked, misplaced, mortified, on the fritz, on
the skids, out of countenance, out of gear, out of joint, out of
kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune, out
of whack, outdone,
overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, perturbed, put to rout,
put-out, put-upon, roily,
routed, ruined, scattered, settled, shuffled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, troubled, trounced, turbid, turbulent, uncomfortable, undone, uneasy, unsettled, upset, whelmed, whipped, worsted