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Discomfit   Listen
noun
Discomfit  n.  Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. "Such a discomfit as shall quite despoil him."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Discomfit" Quotes from Famous Books



... events she secured, by her services in this embassy, the long looked-for object of her ambition, Lady Dashfort's scarlet velvet gown—"not yet a thread the worse for the wear!" One cordial look at this comforted her for the loss of her expected octogenaire; and she proceeded to discomfit her lady, by repeating the message with which strange old Mr. Reynolds had charged her. So ended all Lady Dashfort's hopes ...
— Tales and Novels, Vol. 6 • Maria Edgeworth

... bride away. The Count cannot refuse, but postpones the ceremony for a few hours in the hope of gaining time to prosecute his suit. Meanwhile the Countess, Susanna, and Figaro are maturing a plot of their own to discomfit the Count and bring him back to the feet of his wife. Figaro writes an anonymous letter to the Count, telling him that the Countess has made an assignation with a stranger for that evening in the garden, hoping by this means to arouse his jealousy ...
— The Opera - A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions - of all Works in the Modern Repertory • R.A. Streatfeild

... Because one of them satirically levels her eyeglass at me? She is a pretty, silly girl: but are you apprehensive that her titter will discomfit the ...
— Villette • Charlotte Bronte

... seemed to discomfit them for a moment. They looked at each other, then at my passport. At length the alcalde, striking it ...
— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow



Words linked to "Discomfit" :   kindle, arouse, enervate, discombobulate, abash, pain, discompose, bewilder, anguish, faze, bemuse, enkindle, throw, evoke, hurt, provoke, disconcert, embarrass, dissolve



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