discomfiture

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dis kum′fi chər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•com•fit•ure /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃɚ/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
  1. confusion;
    a feeling of being upset:the candidate's obvious discomfiture at the questions about his past.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•com•fi•ture  (dis kum′fi chər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. disconcertion;
    confusion;
    embarrassment.
  2. frustration of hopes or plans.
  3. [Archaic.]defeat in battle;
    rout.
  • Anglo-French: defeat. See discomfit, -ure
  • Middle English desconfiture 1300–50

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