VERB
  1. cause to lose one's composure
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How To Use discomfit In A Sentence

  • In a few minutes the flagstaff was well washed, and the derveesh too, and put to flight in discomfiture. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
  • 'As before the pike will fly' in which Coeur-de-Lion's discomfiture of the 'septemvirate of quacks' is hymned; and the finale is quite Attic. Gryll Grange
  • The frank smile that told of his lordship's enjoyment of her discomfiture was the last straw. Out of the Primitive
  • The devil, realising that he had been fooled, disappeared in an awe-inspiring cloud of smoke and sulphur fumes; but the bridge remained, and its name to this day recalls the discomfiture of his evil plans. Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway.
  • Morgan with an expression of insolence such as might well warrant the belief that he held feud with all grangers and made their discomfiture, dislodgment, and extermination the chief business of his life. Trail's End
  • Actions like these would threaten businesses and discomfit drivers.
  • 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.
  • Standard Big Bang cosmogeny does therefore seem to have those metaphysical implications which some have found so discomfiting.
  • Today, many walkers claim, good-quality boots should cause you no more discomfit than well-fitted trainers. The Sun
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