discomfit
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomfited}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Discomfiting}.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of
desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make
ready, prepare, bring about. See {Comfit}, {Fact}.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
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And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
--Spenser.
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2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw
into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
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Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.
Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "discomfit":
abash, addle, addle the wits, annoy, appall, astound, baffle, balk,
ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bother,
brave, bug, cast down, chagrin, challenge, check, checkmate,
circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene,
counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, daze,
dazzle, defeat, defy, destroy, discombobulate, discompose,
disconcert, discountenance, dish, dismay, disorganize, disorient,
disrupt, disturb, elude, embarrass, entangle, faze, flummox,
flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, frustrate, fuddle, fuss, irk,
knock the chocks, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle,
nonplus, outdo, outwit, overcome, panic, perplex, perturb, pother,
put out, put to flight, put to rout, raise hell, rattle, rout,
ruffle, ruin, sabotage, scatter, scotch, spike, spoil, stampede,
stonewall, stump, take aback, throw into confusion, thwart, trump,
unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry
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