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Antonyms for discomfiting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-kuhm-fit
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈkʌm fɪt

Definition of discomfiting

Origin :
  • c.1200, as an adjective, from Old French desconfit "vanquished, defeated," past participle of desconfire "to defeat, destroy," from des- "not" (see dis-) + confire "make, prepare, accomplish," from Latin conficere (see confection).
  • Used as a verb in English from c.1300. Weaker sense of "disconcert" is first recorded 1520s in English, probably by confusion with discomfort. Related: Discomfited; discomfiting.
  • verb defeat, frustrate; confuse
Example sentences :
  • It was discomfiting, that cool, penetrating, searching gaze.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • "For the object of discomfiting a third adversary," filled in Korynthia.
  • Extract from : « The Green Book » by Mr Jkai
  • To the troopers, the sight of shoulder-straps was discomfiting.
  • Extract from : « The Plow-Woman » by Eleanor Gates
  • Streaker, the housemaid, too, had an attribute of a most discomfiting nature.
  • Extract from : « Three Ghost Stories » by Charles Dickens
  • The silence that followed this non-committal remark was most discomfiting.
  • Extract from : « Berry And Co. » by Dornford Yates
  • She began to picture new acts of discomfiting adventure, new roads which should be shut to Vine through envy.
  • Extract from : « Joanna Godden » by Sheila Kaye-Smith
  • "Marrying him, even should he ask her," winds up Mr. Musgrave, exploding with joy over his discomfiting disclosure.
  • Extract from : « Airy Fairy Lilian » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
  • It has a shrewd trick of grafting sorrows on our joys, and of handicapping success with discomfiting conditions.
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
  • Brougham perceived the opportunity of discomfiting the hated Melbourne, and he pressed it.
  • Extract from : « Sixty Years a Queen » by Sir Herbert Maxwell
  • The idea of more was discomfiting, yet it was possible that this was only the first of a travelling company.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Schoolgirls » by Angela Brazil

Synonyms for discomfiting

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