单词	discomfiture
释义	discomfitdis‧com‧fit /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdiscomfit Origin: 1200-1300 Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire ‘to destroy’, from confire ‘to make’ Verb Table VERB TABLE discomfit Simple Form Present I, you, we, they discomfit he, she, it discomfits Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they discomfited Present perfect I, you, we, they have discomfited he, she, it has discomfited Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had discomfited Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will discomfit Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have discomfited Continuous Form Present I am discomfiting he, she, it is discomfiting you, we, they are discomfiting Past I, he, she, it was discomfiting you, we, they were discomfiting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been discomfiting he, she, it has been discomfiting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been discomfiting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be discomfiting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been discomfiting Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Foley's announcement discomfited some Democrats. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the lack of historical perspective was discomfiting. Her brief, elliptical poems, most written in the 1850s and 1860s, sorely discomfited some but greatly delighted others. It was a strange, discomfiting and disorientating landscape. It was plain that the two great detectives were discomfited by each other's presence. Whatever he was saying clearly discomfited the librarian. to make someone feel slightly uncomfortable, annoyed, or embarrassed:  He was discomfited by her silence.—discomfiture noun [uncountable]
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