Discomfiture synonyms and antonyms

dĭs-kŭm'fĭ-cho͝or', -chər

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disappointment
One that disappoints.
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rout
A disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble
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beating
A heavy defeat or setback
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confusion
Bewilderment; distraction
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defeat (related)
Defeat is defined as the state of being beaten or having lost.
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embarrassment (related)
A source or cause of being embarrassed:
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surrender (antonym)
Delivery into the possession of another, such as vacating of property by the tenant before the lease has terminated so that the landlord may consider termination to have occurred; the giving up of a claim or a right; yielding to the control or power of another; the return of an estate to the one who has a reversion so as to merge the estate into a larger one.
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yielding (antonym)
A concession
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contentment (antonym)
The definition of contentment is the state of being satisfied or the source of satisfaction.
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abashment
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]
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discomposure
The state of being discomposed.
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pain (related)
(Informal) A source of annoyance; a nuisance:
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displeasure (related)
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astonishment (related)
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vexation (related)
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chagrin
The definition of chagrin is a feeling of embarrassment caused by failure or disappointment.
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humiliation
The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
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Discomfiture Sentence Examples

  • The first effect of Zeno's teaching was to complete the discomfiture of philosophy.

  • This shameful discomfiture quickened all the suspicion and jealousy fermenting in France.

  • But their discomfiture was only to last a few months; in the following October a wanton outrage and.

  • 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.

  • The rulers, who desired peace, and upon whom Florus had laid the duty of restoring peace, asked him for troops; but the civil war ended in their complete discomfiture.

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