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discomfited
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Discomfited
(gcide) | 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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discomfited
(gcide) | discomfited \discomfited\ discomfitted \discomfitted\adj.
1. thwarted; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and
discouragement.
Syn: baffled, balked, discouraged, frustrated, disconcerted.
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2. same as discombobulated.
Syn: discombobulated.
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discomfited
(gcide) | discomfited \discomfited\ n. pl.
people who are defeated.
Syn: defeated.
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discomfited
(wn) | discomfited
adj 1: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations
and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn:
defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled,
frustrated, thwarted]
n 1: people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the
defeated" [syn: defeated, discomfited] |
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Discomfited
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw
into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
[1913 Webster]
Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.
Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
[1913 Webster]discomfited \discomfited\ discomfitted \discomfitted\adj.
1. thwarted; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and
discouragement.
Syn: baffled, balked, discouraged, frustrated, disconcerted.
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2. same as discombobulated.
Syn: discombobulated.
[WordNet 1.5]discomfited \discomfited\ n. pl.
people who are defeated.
Syn: defeated.
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