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UK
/dɪskˈɒmfɪtɪd/
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ADJECTIVE
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disappointingly unsuccessful
their foiled attempt to capture Calais
disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
his best efforts were thwarted
many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
NOUN
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people who are defeated
the Romans had no pity for the defeated
How To Use discomfited In A Sentence
- He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.
- Her remark that she could always have stayed home and made cookies has discomfited Republicans, not least Barbara Bush.
- The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.
- The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.
- Beatrice's apology was more gracious, and she was visibly discomfited by her father's manner.
- He was discomfited by her silence.
- Meanwhile the wives and children of these belligerents would have starved had it not been for the datto, who, notwithstanding the difference in their faith, looked after them all, until the discomfited warriors returned to more peaceful pursuits. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route
- Now he was discomfited again; he wanted some explanations for these mysteries, which multiplied every time he turned round. COLDHEART CANYON
- Now he was discomfited again; he wanted some explanations for these mysteries, which multiplied every time he turned round. COLDHEART CANYON
- A sudden sally of the townsmen during the battle chiefly occasioned confusion: Camillus, turning on these with a part of his army, not only drove them within their walls, but on the very same day, after he had discomfited themselves and their auxiliaries, he took the town by scalade. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08
