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Discomfit

verb
(past & past part. discomfited; pres. part. discomfiting)
1.
Cause to lose one's composure.  Synonyms: discompose, disconcert, untune, upset.



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"Discomfit" Quotes from Famous Books



... took after killing them. Likewise they brought ruin upon Amalek, the great and glorious ruler they, and Saul their king, and Samuel their prophet. Later they had an unmerciful king, David by name, who smote the Philistines, the Ammonites, and the Moabites, and not one of them could discomfit him. Solomon, the son of this king, being wise and sagacious, built them a house of worship in Jerusalem, that they might not scatter to all parts of the world. But after they had been guilty of many crimes against their God, He delivered them into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar, ...
— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME IV BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG

... place, we subsequently learnt, used bows and arrows and matchlocks, in addition to the best modern weapons, the better to discomfit their foes; "those vile red devils of barbarians," as they called us, who had so rashly ventured to tackle them at close quarters, thinking to ...
— Crown and Anchor - Under the Pen'ant • John Conroy Hutcheson



Words linked to "Discomfit" :   faze, anguish, bewilder, hurt, raise, embarrass, unsettle, throw, discomfiture, kindle, enkindle, untune, discompose, provoke, pain, elicit, dissolve, disconcert, upset, discombobulate, fire, unnerve, arouse, bemuse, evoke, enervate, abash, afflict



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