discomfiture
noun
dis·com·fi·ture
dis-ˈkəm(p)-fə-ˌchu̇r 
-chər,
especially Southern -ˌt(y)u̇r
: the act of discomfiting : the state of being discomfited
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Examples of discomfiture in a Sentence
blushed and lowered her eyes in evident discomfiture
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Everywhere, Ryback says, the cartoonists and editorialists delighted in Hitler’s discomfiture.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Back in the States, Frankie suffers from terrifying episodes of PTSD, from society’s refusal to believe that women served in the conflict and from her own parents’ discomfiture over her service.
—Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Sohel’s father, an aristo to his fingertips, would have been amused to think of a Dunyapur peasant having an opinion on the matter at all, and might have called him over to enjoy his discomfiture in the presence of the Begum Sahiba’s bikini.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
Marsac’s discomfiture nevertheless leads to something utterly unexpected.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2021
When the aliens did not appear, some members of the group became disillusioned and immediately departed, but others dealt with their discomfiture by doubling down on their conviction.
—Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
Kedar is sung after eight o’clock in the evening, and to sing it at twilight, at six o’clock, would create slight discomfiture.
—Amit Chaudhuri, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
The Chinese government has certainly sought to profit from American discomfiture over COVID-19, trumpeting its own record in confronting the pandemic.
—Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2020
This kind of discomfiture was what Pride Circle had attempted to resolve before the job fair with online registrations.
—Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 27 Feb. 2020
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Back in the States, Frankie suffers from terrifying episodes of PTSD, from society’s refusal to believe that women served in the conflict and from her own parents’ discomfiture over her service.
—Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Sohel’s father, an aristo to his fingertips, would have been amused to think of a Dunyapur peasant having an opinion on the matter at all, and might have called him over to enjoy his discomfiture in the presence of the Begum Sahiba’s bikini.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
Marsac’s discomfiture nevertheless leads to something utterly unexpected.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2021
When the aliens did not appear, some members of the group became disillusioned and immediately departed, but others dealt with their discomfiture by doubling down on their conviction.
—Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
Kedar is sung after eight o’clock in the evening, and to sing it at twilight, at six o’clock, would create slight discomfiture.
—Amit Chaudhuri, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
The Chinese government has certainly sought to profit from American discomfiture over COVID-19, trumpeting its own record in confronting the pandemic.
—Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2020
This kind of discomfiture was what Pride Circle had attempted to resolve before the job fair with online registrations.
—Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 27 Feb. 2020
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