Discomfited has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
people who are defeated
"the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of discomfit
Adjective
1
disappointingly unsuccessful
"disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"
"their foiled attempt to capture Calais"
"many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"
"his best efforts were thwarted"
Example Sentences
"the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
noun
"disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"
adjective
"their foiled attempt to capture Calais"
adjective
"many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"
adjective
"his best efforts were thwarted"
adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)