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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. people who are defeated;
- Example: "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
[syn: defeated, discomfited]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. disappointingly unsuccessful;
- Example: "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"
- Example: "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"
- Example: "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"
- Example: "his best efforts were thwarted"
[syn: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

            And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
                                                  --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw
      into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
      [1913 Webster]

            Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.

   Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
        baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
        [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

discomfited \discomfited\ n. pl.
   people who are defeated.

   Syn: defeated.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, discomfited, foiled,
           frustrated, thwarted]
    n 1: people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the
         defeated" [syn: defeated, discomfited]