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Another word for discomfiture

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discomfiture

n.

Frustration
disappointment, rout, beating; see defeat 3, disappointment 1.
Embarrassment
chagrin, confusion, humiliation; see confusion 2, embarrassment 1.

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Another word for discomfiture

noun

Self-conscious distress:

abashment, chagrin, confusion, discomposure, embarrassment. See pain

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The discomfiture of the original colony in Ireland.
The first effect of Zeno's teaching was to complete the discomfiture of philosophy.
But their discomfiture was only to last a few months; in the following October a wanton outrage and.
This shameful discomfiture quickened all the suspicion and jealousy fermenting in France.
The magistrates successfully asserted themselves to the discomfiture of their critics (Ann Hutchinson being banished), and this was characteristic of the colony's early history.

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