verb · irregular · transitive · rare

discomfit

discomfit · discomfits · discomfited · discomfiting

бентежити, розладнувати

Unbehagen bereiten, aus der Fassung bringen, beunruhigen

To embarrass greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcertTo embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.

/dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/

» He discomfited her by asking a personal question.

Он смутил её, задав личный вопрос.

Он привёл её в замешательство, задав личный вопрос.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
Don't worry. Your joke did not really discomfit me.
Unbehagen bereiten, aus der Fassung bringen, beunruhigen
бентежитиbentežyty, розладнуватиrozladnuvaty
(rare, transitive)To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
(archaic, transitive)To defeat completely; to rout.

More definitions

cause to lose one's composure

Examples

2 sentences

He discomfited her by asking a personal question.
ruОн смутил её, задав личный вопрос.
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Don't worry. Your joke did not really discomfit me.
ruНе беспокойся. На самом деле твоя шутка меня не задела.
deMach dir keine Sorgen. Dein Scherz hat mich nicht wirklich in Verlegenheit gebracht.
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to embarrass greatly:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to embarrass greatly:

Origin

From Middle English discomfiten, from Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire

From Middle English discomfiten, from Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire (“to undo, to destroy”), from des- (“completely”), from Latin dis- + Old French confire (“to make”), from Latin cōnficiō (“to finish up, to destroy”), from com- (“with, together”) + faciō (“to do, to make”).

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