Discomfit
verb
To make someone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.
His constant criticism discomfited her
Often appears as...
- discomfit the enemy
- discomfit someone
verb
To defeat or frustrate something by causing confusion or disorder.
The cyber attack was intended to discomfit the enemy's communication system
Often appears as...
- discomfit the enemy
- discomfit plans
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To make someone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.
His constant criticism discomfited her
Often appears as...
- discomfit the enemy
- discomfit someone
verb
To defeat or frustrate something by causing confusion or disorder.
The cyber attack was intended to discomfit the enemy's communication system
Often appears as...
- discomfit the enemy
- discomfit plans
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Social Embarrassment
Use 'discomfit' when someone feels awkward in social situations.
Her blunt question clearly discomfited him at the dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Psychological Impact
'Discomfit' implies a mental or emotional state of unease.
The eerie silence in the haunted house discomfited the visitors.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Disruption
It can involve disrupting someone's composure subtly, not overtly.
The unexpected question discomfited the speaker mid-presentation.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Embarrassment
Use 'discomfit' when someone feels awkward in social situations.
Her blunt question clearly discomfited him at the dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Psychological Impact
'Discomfit' implies a mental or emotional state of unease.
The eerie silence in the haunted house discomfited the visitors.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Disruption
It can involve disrupting someone's composure subtly, not overtly.
The unexpected question discomfited the speaker mid-presentation.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Embarrassment
Use 'discomfit' when someone feels awkward in social situations.
Her blunt question clearly discomfited him at the dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Psychological Impact
'Discomfit' implies a mental or emotional state of unease.
The eerie silence in the haunted house discomfited the visitors.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Disruption
It can involve disrupting someone's composure subtly, not overtly.
The unexpected question discomfited the speaker mid-presentation.
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Quote examples
Rachel Maddow
American Journalist
I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.
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Max Boot
American Author
I find myself increasingly forced to think of my ethnic identity instead of the national identity I adopted as a boy in 1976. That is discomfiting for me, and a tragedy for America.
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Amity Gaige
American Novelist
Edan Lepucki sets her debut novel, 'California,' somewhere in the 2060s. The nearness of this era helps make her vision both more discomfiting and more credible.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
I'm a historian. The act of predicting the future discomfits me, in any event - and the bigger the prediction, the more distrusting I am.
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Virginia Postrel
American Writer
As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.
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Brian Stelter
American Journalist
For Fox, it's extremely discomfiting not to be No. 1 all day, every day.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting.
Quote examples
Rachel Maddow
American Journalist
I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.
Quote examples
Max Boot
American Author
I find myself increasingly forced to think of my ethnic identity instead of the national identity I adopted as a boy in 1976. That is discomfiting for me, and a tragedy for America.
Quote examples
Amity Gaige
American Novelist
Edan Lepucki sets her debut novel, 'California,' somewhere in the 2060s. The nearness of this era helps make her vision both more discomfiting and more credible.
Quote examples
Rick Perlstein
American Historian
I'm a historian. The act of predicting the future discomfits me, in any event - and the bigger the prediction, the more distrusting I am.
Quote examples
Virginia Postrel
American Writer
As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.
Quote examples
Brian Stelter
American Journalist
For Fox, it's extremely discomfiting not to be No. 1 all day, every day.
Quote examples
Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting.
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