discomfitedadj.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Effusus Discomfited, scattered.

1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres Three Partes Comm. Ciuill Warres Fraunce v. 193 Then hee ran and told this thing ioyfully to his fellowes, that thei might see the discomfited enemy fleeing away.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 288 They blowe, and pant like discomfited souldiers.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 170 The rest of his discomfited armie flying headlong backe againe to Constantinople.

1796 E. Inchbald Nature & Art II. xliii. 165 After uttering this reflection that had preyed upon his mind, he sat down on the road side to rest his discomfited limbs, before he could proceed farther.

1837 Knickerbocker July 74 It was the silent, dismal march of a funeral train, rather than the hurried flight of a routed and discomfited army.

1862 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 6 Oct. 2/3 Fresh regiments would again appear upon the grounds their discomfited ranks had left, and with a cheer would rush on for a charge upon the ‘Black Hats’.

1971 H. Thomas Cuba (1998) xvii. 214 Narciso López, the discomfited rebel of June 1848, was nevertheless still at large.

1799 Deb. House Commons Ireland on Union 46 The doleful and discomfited visages of the miserable groupe whom I see before me.

1843 Rover 1 201 Arabella herself looked uneasy and discomfited.

1883 S. Rich Truro–Cape Cod xviii. 314 The young minister mused a moment with a discomfitted countenance.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point iv. 52 Turning away from the two discomfited young girls, Lady Edward was almost run down by a very tall and burly man.

1985 Bull. Atomic Scientists June 24/1 A discomfited Japanese government rushed to deny Reischauer's claim.

2003 Guardian 15 Feb. (Guide Suppl.) 10/1 The teenager has the grace to look mildly discomfited.