MEANING
To unsettle someone’s confidence or composure, causing embarrassment or unease.
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Words that belong together
- discomfit an opponent
- visibly discomfited
On the page
The unexpected question discomfited the ambassador.
Her direct gaze discomfited him more than any accusation.
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Word forms
- Base
- discomfit
- Past tense
- discomfited
- Past participle
- discomfited
- Present participle
- discomfiting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- discomfit
- Present continuous
- am/is/are discomfiting
- Present perfect
- have/has discomfited
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been discomfiting
- Past
- discomfited
- Past continuous
- was/were discomfiting
- Past perfect
- had discomfited
- Past perfect continuous
- had been discomfiting
- Future
- will discomfit
- Future continuous
- will be discomfiting
- Future perfect
- will have discomfited
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been discomfiting
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: discomfit; discomfits; discomfited; discomfited; discomfiting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: discomfits.
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