discomfit

Found in thesaurus: kindle, elicit, enkindle, provoke, evoke, raise, arouse, fire

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discomfit
v. confuse, perplex; frustrate or hinder; thwart

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discomfit

Verb
1. cause to lose one's composure
(synonym) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle
(derivation) discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment


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Discomfit
(v. t.)
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
  
 
(v. t.)
To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
  
 
(n.)
Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
  
 
(a.)
Discomfited; overthrown.
  

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discomfit
Synonyms and related words:
abash, addle, addle the wits, annoy, appall, astound, baffle, balk, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bother, brave, bug, cast down, chagrin, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, daze, dazzle, defeat, defy, destroy, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dish, dismay, disorganize, disorient, disrupt, disturb, elude, embarrass, entangle, faze, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, frustrate, fuddle, fuss, irk, knock the chocks, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle, nonplus, outdo, outwit, overcome, panic, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, put to flight, put to rout, raise hell, rattle, rout, ruffle, ruin, sabotage, scatter, scotch, spike, spoil, stampede, stonewall, stump, take aback, throw into confusion, thwart, trump, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry,
  

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discomfit
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