discomfiture

[ dis-kuhm-fi-cher ]

/ dɪsˈkʌm fɪ tʃər /

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the state of being disconcerted; confusion; embarrassment.

frustration of hopes or plans.

Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

1300–50; Middle English desconfiture<Anglo-French: defeat. See discomfit, -ure

Recent years have seen an increase in private sector health care, to, inevitably, the relief of some and discomfiture of others.
Reading Obamacare In Jerusalem|Yehudah Mirsky|July 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Hereupon he was caused much embarrassment and discomfiture, for of the three girls, he knew not which one was Irene.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He even felt a certain enjoyment in the discomfiture of the self-constituted posse of searchers for stolen goods.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The stranger regarded Hedges attentively, rather to the discomfiture of that functionary, who thought he was doubted.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood

The galling part of it was that Aunt Linda knew, and was chuckling, so to speak, over my discomfiture.
Uncanny Tales|Various
"Then I'll catch it," I said, laughing at his discomfiture, for I knew he loathed stirring porridge.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood