Definition of Discomfit. Meaning of Discomfit. Synonyms of Discomfit

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Definition of Discomfit

Discomfit
Discomfit Dis*com"fit, a. Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
Discomfit
Discomfit Dis*com"fit, n. Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him. --Milton.

Meaning of Discomfit from wikipedia

- on G.I. rights and issues. The end of her presentation was met with a discomfiting silence until Beat poet Gregory Corso staggered onto the stage, drunk...
- received by everyone. The poem's groundwork of orthodox Christianity discomfited many of the more secular literati. In 1939, Eliot published a book of...
- Reed had Morrison inform Cale of his firing. Morrison and Tucker were discomfited by Reed's tactics but remained in the band. Cale's replacement was Boston-based...
- commentators, with The New York Times describing it as "what may be the most discomfiting moment in U.S. history in a half-century or more" for American Jews....
- Powhatan what was yours would be his, and he the like to you." She then discomfited him by calling him "father", explaining that Smith had called Powhatan...
- Disambiguate derives from dis- + ambigu(ous) + -ate in the mid-20th century Discomfit Comfit Not an antonym. Comfit (noun) is a candy comprising a sugar-coated...
- estate and firing his employee who remonstrates with him. Firth is then discomfited by the arrival of a new neighbour, who is his former mistress. His house...
- no more planning for world peace or liberal treatment of Germany, nor discomfit with aggressive and authoritarian measures of state power. More deadly...
- the numbers are by no means trustworthy. When the Genoese bowmen were discomfited and the front line of the French was in some disorder, Edward apparently...
- Kirk Varnedoe described Twombly's work as "influential among artists, discomfiting to many critics and truculently difficult not just for a broad public...