discomfit
verb (used with object)
to confuse and deject; disconcert.
were discomfiting
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past progressiveof discomfit.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The fixed resolution of her form, the evident fortitude of her soul, and the steadfast encounter of her eye, were discomfiting.
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
