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adjective

Definition of discomfitednext
as in abashed

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discomfited

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verb

past tense of discomfit
1
as in frustrated
to prevent from achieving a goal constant interruptions discomfited her in her attempt to finish the speech, and she finally gave up

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2
as in embarrassed
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress he was discomfited by the awkward situation of having his ex-girlfriend meet his current one

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discomfited
  1. abashed
  2. frustrated
  3. embarrassed
  4. confused
  5. uneasy
  6. withdrawn
  7. self-conscious
  8. uptight
Adjective
  • But this year’s bash is looking a little more abashed.
    New York Times, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Delphine Hicks—Caroline had waited for her beside the church steps one First Sunday (big meeting day) and had thrown her to the ground and robbed the abashed vampire of her underthings.
    Zora Neale Hurston, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
Definition of abashed
Verb
  • She is frustrated with Jae-yoon due to him misunderstanding her heart.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Patients can’t continue absorbing these unnecessary costs, and physicians like me are increasingly frustrated by how hospital consolidation undermines our ability to provide affordable, high-quality care.
    Lisa Abrams, Baltimore Sun, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of frustrated
Adjective
  • One game after being badly embarrassed on the offensive end in Minnesota, the Lakers were clobbered on the other end in Miami — their body language, their lack of energy and worst of all, their general lack of fight all reasons for serious concern.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Even if people were embarrassed by their own tastes, the feature has always been a key element of Spotify’s appeal as a streaming platform.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of embarrassed
Verb
  • However, the Madea star said his science teacher then asked him about dissecting the animal, which confused a young Perry.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Awkwardness is often confused with embarrassment, but the two are different in important ways, and so are their remedies.
    Alexandra Plakias, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of confused
Adjective
  • There’s no shortage of movies that have looked at Dylan’s music and his uneasy relationship to fame.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Merkel recalled how Putin, knowing that she had once been wounded by a dog and was uneasy around them, had infamously brought his large Labrador to a meeting between them in 2007.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of uneasy
Adjective
  • But the film doesn’t glamorize Callas, and instead portrays her as sad and withdrawn.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Think of how the finale opening dwells on Georgie never getting a handshake this season — Paul left her hanging twice with an extended, and then a withdrawn, hand!
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of withdrawn
Adjective
  • Yet the complications inherent in such questions — in Yana-Wara’s life, really — are rarely glimpsed in these otherwise self-conscious performances.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Lacking the self-conscious grimness of Arrow that initially kept it away from four-color adventures, The Flash was immediately liberated to go full comic book, kickstarting the small-screen answer to the MCU.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of self-conscious
Adjective
  • Some people are really uptight but Marty was just so easy to talk to.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
  • As the uptight and upright body guard, Costner is well-cast, plowing straight ahead with all his character’s ticks and warts.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of uptight
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