discomfit
verb (used with object)
to confuse and deject; disconcert.
discomfits
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present tense formof discomfit (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But in all dealings with Saudi Arabia, Mr. Biden should stand by the principles that Khashoggi so passionately cared for, however much it discomfits the pouty monarch in Riyadh.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
Whatever it meant in the past, and however it discomfits the present, the Aeneid has, alas, always anticipated the future.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
“Little Panic” grips and discomfits in the best way.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2018
This dual presence — transparent yet indispensable — discomfits the national imagination.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2017
But the remark does not pass unheeded, and a laugh, varying in tone from open guffaw to suppressed titter, further exasperates and discomfits the luckless stumbler, who vows vengeance on his tormentor.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
