/
dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/
v.
(discomfits, discomfiting, discomfited)
make uneasy or embarrassed.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘defeat in battle’): from OFr. desconfit, past part. of desconfire, based on L. dis- (expressing reversal) + conficere (see confect).
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