discomfiture

  • 11discomfiture — /dis kum fi cheuhr/, n. 1. disconcertion; confusion; embarrassment. 2. frustration of hopes or plans. 3. Archaic. defeat in battle; rout. [1300 50; ME desconfiture < AF: defeat. See DISCOMFIT, URE] * * * …

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  • 12discomfiture — noun A feeling of frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment …

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  • 13discomfiture — Synonyms and related words: abashment, agitation, bafflement, balk, balking, beating, befuddlement, betrayed hope, bewilderment, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, bother, botheration, buffet, chagrin, chaos, check, checkmate, cloud,&#8230; …

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  • 14discomfiture — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Frustration] Syn. disappointment, rout, beating; see defeat 3 , disappointment 1 . 2. [Embarrassment] Syn. chagrin, confusion, humiliation; see confusion 2 , embarrassment 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Self conscious&#8230; …

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  • 15discomfiture — dis|com|fi|ture [ dıs kʌmfıtʃər ] noun uncount LITERARY a feeling of being embarrassed …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16discomfiture — dis com·fi·ture || tʃə n. embarrassment; frustration of plans …

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  • 17discomfiture — n. Rout, defeat, overthrow, ruin …

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  • 18discomfiture — n 1. rout, beating, drubbing, trouncing; defeat, repulse, conquest, vanquishment, overthrow; subjugation, subdual. 2. frustration, rebuff, ruination, undoing, spoiling, miscarriage, abortion; disappointment, failure, non success. 3. confusion,&#8230; …

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  • 19discomfiture — dis·com·fi·ture …

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  • 20discomfiture — UK [dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(r)] / US [dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃər] noun [uncountable] literary a feeling of being embarrassed …

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