discomfit Definition

discomfit
verb discomfited, discomfiting

1. To make someone feel embarrassed or uneasy; to perplex them.

Thesaurus: disconcert, confuse, perplex, confound, discompose, fluster, faze, rattle; embarrass, humble, humiliate, demoralize.
2. To frustrate the plans of someone.

Thesaurus: thwart, frustrate, prevent, stall, holdback, checkmate.

Derivative: discomfiture
noun

Frustration; humiliating disappointment.

Etymology: 13c: from French desconfire.