discomfited Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun people who are defeated
   defeated.
   
   • the Romans had no pity for the defeated
2. verb cause to lose one's composure
   untune; discompose; upset; disconcert; discomfit.
   
3. adjective satellite disappointingly unsuccessful
   thwarted; disappointed; defeated; foiled; frustrated.
   
   • disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
   • their foiled attempt to capture Calais
   • many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
   • his best efforts were thwarted

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