discomfit
Verb
- cause to lose one's composure
- To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
- To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
- To defeat completely; to rout.
Examples
- Don't worry. Your joke did not really discomfit me.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire (“to undo, to destroy”), from des- (“completely”), from Latin dis- + confire (“to make”), from Latin conficio (“to finish up, to destroy”), from com- (“with, together”) + facio (“to do, to make”).
Later sense of “to embarrass, to disconcert” due to confusion with unrelated discomfort.
Synonyms
discompose, disconcert, untune, upset, abase, abash, bring low, confound, confuse, debase, degrade, demean, depress, discomfit, embarrass, foil, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, overthrow, put to shame, shame, thwart, vanquish
Scrabble Score: 17
discomfit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddiscomfit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
discomfit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary