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View synonyms for discomfiture

discomfiture

[dis-kuhm-fi-cher]

noun

  1. the state of being disconcerted; confusion; embarrassment.

  2. frustration of hopes or plans.

  3. Archaic.,  defeat in battle; rout.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of discomfiture1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English desconfiture, from Anglo-French: “defeat”; discomfit, -ure

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