discomfit
verb (used with object)
to confuse and deject; disconcert.
have discomfited
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present perfectof discomfit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But more than the medal, it would have been the aura the Scot seemed to run with that might have discomfited him.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024
The action won popular coverage on Chinese social media, though it may have discomfited his hosts with their more aloof style of leadership.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022
At 6ft 5in his height alone would have discomfited the celebrated champion, and had he landed a blow with that murderous right fist even Ali's famed jaw might have suffered.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2012
Stuffy's convictions have discomfited, enraged and educated newsmen and newspapers all over the Midwest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diving, too, I could do a little at, else the ducking I then received would have discomfited me a good deal; for I went quite to the bottom among the ugly black stones.
From The Boy Tar by Edward Read
