discomfiture
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/dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(ɹ)/
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/dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /dɪsˈkʊmfɪtʃə/ (UK)
Definition of discomfiture
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Defeat in battle.
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noun
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Defeat in battle.
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(countable, uncountable)An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.
“Some of us are concerned because as yet the South shows no penitence. But what exactly do we mean by this? Since down to the close of the war she never confessed any for braving it, the only penitence now left her is that which springs solely from the sense of discomfiture; and since this evidently would be a contrition hypocritical, it would be unworthy in us to demand it.”
“One of them ended its career as a passenger carrying vehicle in 1907, by freezing in Kemp Town Tunnel, to the discomfiture of some important season ticket holders, who did not hesitate to let the directors know what they thought about the incident.”
“Other countries are not so much angry as avid to exploit the discomfiture of the US or the chaos in the region or both.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”); compare French déconfiture.
Words you can make from discomfiture
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Best play disciform 17 points10-letter words
2 words9-letter words
22 words- DISCOMFIT 17 pts
- SCUTIFORM 16 pts
- CODIFIERS 15 pts
- MODIFIERS 15 pts
- MORTIFIED 15 pts
- SCORIFIED 15 pts
- SUDORIFIC 15 pts
- DICROTISM 14 pts
- FRUTICOSE 14 pts
- FURMITIES 14 pts
- MIDCOURSE 14 pts
- MISDIRECT 14 pts
- MORTIFIES 14 pts
- COSTUMIER 13 pts
- EROTICISM 13 pts
- ISOMETRIC 13 pts
- COURTSIDE 12 pts
- CRUDITIES 12 pts
- DIURETICS 12 pts
- MISROUTED 12 pts
- SIDEROTIC 12 pts
- TRISODIUM 12 pts
8-letter words
52 words- COMFIEST 15 pts
- CODIFIER 14 pts
- CODIFIES 14 pts
- DEFICITS 14 pts
- MISFIRED 14 pts
- MODIFIER 14 pts
- MODIFIES 14 pts
- COMEDIST 13 pts
- COSTUMED 13 pts
- DECORUMS 13 pts
- DEMOTICS 13 pts
- DIMETRIC 13 pts
- DIOECISM 13 pts
- DOMESTIC 13 pts
- FREMITUS 13 pts
- FRUCTOSE 13 pts
- MISCITED 13 pts
- MORTICED 13 pts
- ORIFICES 13 pts
- SETIFORM 13 pts
- COMITIES 12 pts
- COSTUMER 12 pts
- CUSTOMER 12 pts
- ISOMERIC 12 pts
- MERISTIC 12 pts
- MORTICES 12 pts
- OUTFIRED 12 pts
- SCIMITER 12 pts
- SEMIOTIC 12 pts
- TRISEMIC 12 pts
- TRISOMIC 12 pts
- CORDITES 11 pts
- CRUDITES 11 pts
- CURDIEST 11 pts
- CURTSIED 11 pts
- DIECIOUS 11 pts
- DIESTRUM 11 pts
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- DIURETIC 11 pts
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- MORTISED 11 pts
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- SCIUROID 11 pts
- CITREOUS 10 pts
- MISROUTE 10 pts
- MOISTURE 10 pts
- OUTCRIES 10 pts
- DIORITES 9 pts
- OUTRIDES 9 pts
- OUTSIDER 9 pts
7-letter words
123 words- COMFIER 14 pts
- COMFITS 14 pts
- MOTIFIC 14 pts
- CROFTED 13 pts
- DEFICIT 13 pts
- DEFOCUS 13 pts
- DEFORMS 13 pts
- DEIFORM 13 pts
- FIDEISM 13 pts
- FOCUSED 13 pts
- FUCOIDS 13 pts
- SERFDOM 13 pts
- DECORUM 12 pts
- DEMOTIC 12 pts
- DICTUMS 12 pts
- DIMERIC 12 pts
- DISOMIC 12 pts
- DORMICE 12 pts
- FIRMEST 12 pts
- FOCUSER 12 pts
- FOMITES 12 pts
- FRICOTS 12 pts
- FUMIEST 12 pts
- MEDICOS 12 pts
- MISCODE 12 pts
- MISCUED 12 pts
- MISFIRE 12 pts
- MUCOIDS 12 pts
- ORIFICE 12 pts
- REFOCUS 12 pts
- SEMIFIT 12 pts
- CERIUMS 11 pts
- CORIUMS 11 pts
- COSTUME 11 pts
- DEFROST 11 pts
- FEUDIST 11 pts
- FIDEIST 11 pts
- FOISTED 11 pts
- FROSTED 11 pts
- FRUITED 11 pts
- MEIOTIC 11 pts
- METRICS 11 pts
- MIOTICS 11 pts
- MISCITE 11 pts
- MORTICE 11 pts
- MURICES 11 pts
- RECTUMS 11 pts
- SCROTUM 11 pts
- SOMITIC 11 pts
- CESTOID 10 pts
- CIRSOID 10 pts
- COEDITS 10 pts
- CORDITE 10 pts
- COURSED 10 pts
- COURTED 10 pts
- CREDITS 10 pts
- CRUDEST 10 pts
- CRUISED 10 pts
- CRUSTED 10 pts
- DEISTIC 10 pts
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- DICTIER 10 pts
- DIMOUTS 10 pts
- DIRECTS 10 pts
- DISTOME 10 pts
- DOUCEST 10 pts
- EDUCTOR 10 pts
- ERICOID 10 pts
- FORTIES 10 pts
- FUSTIER 10 pts
- MISDOER 10 pts
- MISEDIT 10 pts
- MODISTE 10 pts
- OUTFIRE 10 pts
- SCIURID 10 pts
- SCOURED 10 pts
- SCOUTED 10 pts
- SOURCED 10 pts
- STIMIED 10 pts
- STORMED 10 pts
- SUICIDE 10 pts
- SURFEIT 10 pts
- TEDIUMS 10 pts
- TIMIDER 10 pts
- CITROUS 9 pts
- COUTERS 9 pts
- CROUTES 9 pts
- CURITES 9 pts
- ERISTIC 9 pts
- EROTICS 9 pts
- EROTISM 9 pts
- ICTERUS 9 pts
- MIRIEST 9 pts
- MISTIER 9 pts
- MOISTER 9 pts
- MORTISE 9 pts
- MOUSIER 9 pts
- MUSTIER 9 pts
- OESTRUM 9 pts
- RIMIEST 9 pts
- SCOUTER 9 pts
- SORITIC 9 pts
- TIMEOUS 9 pts
- TOURISM 9 pts
- DETOURS 8 pts
- DIORITE 8 pts
- DIRTIES 8 pts
- DITSIER 8 pts
- DOUREST 8 pts
- DUSTIER 8 pts
- EDITORS 8 pts
- OUTRIDE 8 pts
- OUTSIDE 8 pts
- REDOUTS 8 pts
- ROUSTED 8 pts
- SORTIED 8 pts
- STEROID 8 pts
- STORIED 8 pts
- STUDIER 8 pts
- TEDIOUS 8 pts
- TIDIERS 8 pts
- TRIODES 8 pts
- STOURIE 7 pts
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