Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p.
pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of
desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make
ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
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And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
--Spenser.
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2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw
into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
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Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.
Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, a.
Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, n.
Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
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Such a discomfit as shall quite despoil him. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
discomfit
v : cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune,
disconcert]
WordNet (r) 2.0
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "discomfit":
abash, addle, addle the wits, annoy, appall, astound, baffle, balk,
ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bother,
brave, bug, cast down, chagrin, challenge, check, checkmate,
circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene,
counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, daze,
dazzle, defeat, defy, destroy, discombobulate, discompose,
disconcert, discountenance, dish, dismay, disorganize, disorient,
disrupt, disturb, elude, embarrass, entangle, faze, flummox,
flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, frustrate, fuddle, fuss, irk,
knock the chocks, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle,
nonplus, outdo, outwit, overcome, panic, perplex, perturb, pother,
put out, put to flight, put to rout, raise hell, rattle, rout,
ruffle, ruin, sabotage, scatter, scotch, spike, spoil, stampede,
stonewall, stump, take aback, throw into confusion, thwart, trump,
unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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