'Discomfiture' definitions:
Definition of 'discomfiture'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Discomfiture'
From: GCIDE
- Discomfiture \Dis*com"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture, F. d['e]confiture. See Discomfort, v. t., and cf. Comfiture.] The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. [1913 Webster]
- Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. --1 Sam. xiv. 20. [1913 Webster]
- A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discomfiture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashment,
- agitation,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- balking,
- beating,
- befuddlement,
- betrayed hope,
- bewilderment,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- bother,
- botheration,
- buffet,
- chagrin,
- chaos,
- check,
- checkmate,
- cloud,
- comedown,
- commotion,
- confounding,
- confusion,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- daze,
- debacle,
- defeasance,
- defeat,
- derangement,
- descent,
- disappointment,
- disarrangement,
- disarray,
- disarticulation,
- discombobulation,
- discomposure,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- discountenance,
- disharmony,
- dishevelment,
- disillusionment,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disorientation,
- disproportion,
- disquiet,
- disruption,
- dissatisfaction,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- down,
- drubbing,
- embarrassment,
- entropy,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- foil,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frenzy,
- frustration,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- haphazardness,
- haze,
- hope deferred,
- incoherence,
- indiscriminateness,
- inharmonious harmony,
- irregularity,
- jumble,
- letdown,
- licking,
- maze,
- mess,
- mirage,
- mist,
- mortification,
- most admired disorder,
- muddle,
- muddlement,
- nonsymmetry,
- nonuniformity,
- overthrow,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pother,
- prickles,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- pucker,
- randomness,
- rebuff,
- repulse,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- rout,
- ruffle,
- setback,
- shellacking,
- shuffle,
- sore disappointment,
- stew,
- sweat,
- swivet,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- thwarting,
- tizzy,
- turbulence,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unsettlement,
- unsymmetry,
- ununiformity,
- upset,
- vanquishment