Discomfiture

n.

1.

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.

Noun

1.

discomfiture - anxious embarrassment Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment

abashment, agitation, bafflement, balk, balking, beating, befuddlement, betrayed hope, bewilderment, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, bother, botheration, buffet, chagrin, chaos, check, checkmate, cloud, comedown, commotion, confounding, confusion, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, daze, debacle, defeasance, defeat, derangement, descent, disappointment, disarrangement, disarray, disarticulation, discombobulation, discomposure, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, disharmony, dishevelment, disillusionment, disintegration, disjunction, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disorientation, disproportion, disquiet, disruption, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, down, drubbing, embarrassment, entropy, failure, fallen countenance, fiasco, fizzle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, foiling, forlorn hope, frenzy, frustration, fuddle, fuddlement, haphazardness, haze, hope deferred, incoherence, indiscriminateness, inharmonious harmony, irregularity, jumble, letdown, licking, maze, mess, mirage, mist, mortification, most admired disorder, muddle, muddlement, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, overthrow, perplexity, perturbation, pother, prickles, promiscuity, promiscuousness, pucker, randomness, rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, rout, ruffle, setback, shellacking, shuffle, sore disappointment, stew, sweat, swivet, tantalization, tease, thwarting, tizzy, turbulence, unease, uneasiness, unsettlement, unsymmetry, ununiformity, upset, vanquishment

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