discomfiture
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Noun (1)
- anxious embarrassmentSynonyms: discomposuredisconcertiondisconcertmentType of embarrassment, anxiety
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dis·com′fi·ture (?; 135), noun
Origin: OF. desconfiture, F. déconfiture. See Discomfort, transitive verb, and cf. Comfiture.
The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.
Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.— 1 Sam. xiv. 20.
A hope destined to end... in discomfiture and disgrace.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54