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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abash, addle, addle the wits, annoy, appall, astound, baffle, balk, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bother, brave, bug, cast down, chagrin, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, daze, dazzle, defeat, defy, destroy, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dish, dismay, disorganize, disorient, disrupt, disturb, elude, embarrass, entangle, faze, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, frustrate, fuddle, fuss, irk, knock the chocks, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle, nonplus, outdo, outwit, overcome, panic, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, put to flight, put to rout, raise hell, rattle, rout, ruffle, ruin, sabotage, scatter, scotch, spike, spoil, stampede, stonewall, stump, take aback, throw into confusion, thwart, trump, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry
Dictionary Results for discomfit:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
discomfit
    v 1: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose,
         untune, disconcert, discomfit]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of
   desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make
   ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.]
   1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
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            And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw
      into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
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            Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.

   Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer;
        baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, a.
   Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, n.
   Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
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         Such a discomfit as shall quite despoil him. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster] discomfited

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