Discomfited

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  discomfited \discomfited\ n. pl.
     people who are defeated.
  
     Syn: defeated.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  discomfited \discomfited\ discomfitted \discomfitted\adj.
     1. thwarted; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and
        discouragement.
  
     Syn: baffled, balked, discouraged, frustrated, disconcerted.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. same as {discombobulated}.
  
     Syn: discombobulated.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}, {foiled}, {frustrated}, {thwarted}]
       2: caused to feel self-conscious and uncomfortable; "was
          discomfited by the personal questions"; "the child felt
          embarrassed by the attention of the adults" [syn: {embarrassed}]
       n : people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the
           defeated" [syn: {defeated}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "discomfited":
     abashed, afflicted, agitated, all up with, amiss, askew, awry,
     beat, beaten, beset, bested, bothered, cast down, chagrined,
     chapfallen, cockeyed, confounded, confused, convulsed, defeated,
     deranged, disarranged, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted,
     dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disquieted,
     distressed, disturbed, done for, done in, down, embarrassed,
     fallen, fixed, floored, haywire, hors de combat, hung up,
     ill at ease, in disorder, lambasted, lathered, licked, misplaced,
     mortified, on the fritz, on the skids, out of countenance,
     out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter,
     out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, outdone,
     overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered,
     overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked,
     perturbed, put to rout, put-out, put-upon, roily, routed, ruined,
     scattered, settled, shuffled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive,
     stampeded, trimmed, troubled, trounced, turbid, turbulent,
     uncomfortable, undone, uneasy, unsettled, upset, whelmed, whipped,
     worsted