From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdiscomfitdis‧com‧fit /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ verb [transitive] formal EMBARRASSEDto make someone feel slightly uncomfortable, annoyed, or embarrassed He was discomfited by her silence. —discomfiture noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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discomfit• But the lack of historical perspective was discomfiting.• It was a strange, discomfiting and disorientating landscape.• It was plain that the two great detectives were discomfited by each other's presence.• Her brief, elliptical poems, most written in the 1850s and 1860s, sorely discomfited some but greatly delighted others.• Foley's announcement discomfited some Democrats.• Whatever he was saying clearly discomfited the librarian.Origin discomfit (1200-1300) Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire “to destroy”, from confire “to make” 