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Definition of Discomfited

1. Adjective. Disappointingly unsuccessful. "His best efforts were thwarted"

2. Noun. People who are defeated. "The Romans had no pity for the defeated"

Definition of Discomfited

1. Verb. (past of discomfit) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discomfited

1. discomfit [v] - See also: discomfit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discomfited

discoloureth discolouring discolourise discolourous discolours discomania discombobulate discombobulated discombobulatedly discombobulates

discombobulating discombobulatingly discombobulation discombobulations discomfit discomfited (current term) discomfiting discomfitingly discomfits discomfiture

discomfitures discomfort discomfortable discomforted discomforter discomforters discomforting discomfortingly discomforts discommend

Literary usage of Discomfited

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"... their standards moving to and fro, they exhorted and implored their men to charge them while thus discomfited, and not allow them to form their line ..."

2. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"This whole Army is discomfited and broken up. The Idea of Congress is thus. "Ix CONGRESS Nov. 4 1777. Resolved, That the thanks of Congress in their own ..."

3. History of the Romans Under the Empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"Antonins renews his intimacy with Cleopatra.—His infatuated devotion to her, and ill-treatment of Octavia.—He invades Parthia, is discomfited, and makes a ..."

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