ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsDdiscomfit
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discomfit
Meaning: to make uneasy, embarrassed, or confused
discomfit in a sentence
How discomfit is used in real sentences:
The unexpected question seemed to discomfit the witness.
The reporter's calm follow-up question appeared to discomfit the mayor.
“Their public demonstrations were designed to discomfit Harbor critics, making those reserved observers visibly uneasy when invited to plunge their hands into wet clay.”
— from the passage Clay and Conviction
“The criticism could discomfit him; after reading it, he postponed rehearsal and asked an assistant whether his judgment had become ridiculous.”
— from the passage An Opera by Post
Synonyms for discomfit
Other words for discomfit — unsettle, embarrass and fluster — carry the same meaning.
- unsettle
- embarrass
- fluster
Antonyms of discomfit
Words that mean the opposite of discomfit:
Where it comes from
From Old French desconfit, meaning 'defeated or undone.'
Memory hook
DISCOMFIT looks like 'dis-comfort': to discomfit someone is to disturb their comfort.