Definitions for: Discomfiture

[n] anxious embarrassment

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment

See Also: anxiety, embarrassment

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