Synonyms for discomfit
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dis-kuhm-fit |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈkʌm fɪt |
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Définition of discomfit
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
- And thus did you discomfit the dark designs of your enemies.
- Extract from : « The Oxford Reformers » by Frederic Seebohm
- He had not known that a wisp of a girl could so discomfit a man.
- Extract from : « Dennison Grant » by Robert Stead
- If this were all that Shaynon could have trumped up to discomfit him—!
- Extract from : « The Day of Days » by Louis Joseph Vance
- It was supposed that the banquet was given to test the duke's popularity and to discomfit the Protestants and exclusionists.
- Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury
- Yet a little piece of statistics may serve to discomfit those who are incredulous on this point.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
- But the first flash of an Austrian sabre, or the first sound of Austrian gun, was enough to discomfit the French.
- Extract from : « The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo » by Edward Creasy
- It contained a small table and a stove, the latter of diminutive size, but smoky enough to discomfit a host.
- Extract from : « Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 » by Maria R. Audubon
- It was with difficulty that Garrofat choked down his rage at this latest failure of his plans to discomfit or destroy the prince.
- Extract from : « Bright-Wits, Prince of Mogadore » by Burren Laughlin and L. L. Flood
- It is said that she had promised to discomfit the Burgundians and bring back Duke Philip prisoner.
- Extract from : « The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) » by Anatole France
- She imagined that this declaration would silence and discomfit Wilkie, but she was mistaken.
- Extract from : « Baron Trigault's Vengeance » by Emile Gaboriau
Antonyms for discomfit
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