discomfit
verb (used with object)
to confuse and deject; disconcert.
discomfiter
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a word derived from
discomfit.
Example Sentences
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Never had anyone so thwarted the Rivertown bully before and, for the moment, the big hulk of a boy stood gazing at his discomfiter in amazement.
From Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown by Frank V. Webster
