Discomfiting [verb]
Definition of Discomfiting:
defeat, frustrate; confuse
Synonyms of Discomfiting:
● Vex
● Disconcert
● Perplex
● Demoralize
● Prevent
● Discountenance
● Unsettle
● Trump
● Perturb
● Rattle
● Confound
● Abash
● Thwart
● Worry
● Discompose
● Balk
● Outwit
● Irk
● Checkmate
● Overcome
● Ruffle
● Beat
● Baffle
● Foil
● Worst
● Fluster
● Embarrass
● Annoy
● Disturb
● Faze
● Bother
● Upset
● Take aback
Opposite/Antonyms of Discomfiting:
● Yield
● Make happy
● Lose
● Encourage
● Clear up
● Please
● Settle
● Order
● Compose
● Support
● Help
● Abet
● Surrender
● Delight
● Reassure
● Explain
● Enlighten
● Appease
● Calm
● Assist
● Aid
● Comfort
● Soothe
Sentence/Example of Discomfiting:
The silence that followed this non-committal remark was most discomfiting.
The idea of more was discomfiting, yet it was possible that this was only the first of a travelling company.
He attacks the duke's nephew, who was breaking many a lance and sorely discomfiting the Greeks.
No one being there, the goldsmith went elsewhere in search of his wife, leaving the scholar to a discomfiting solitude.
Eustace had no difficulty in justifying the customs of Luxeuil, and in discomfiting the violence of his accuser.
Their nearness was a discomfiting thing to Lyster, for it was not easy to carry on a conversation under their watchful eyes.
The thing that was discomfiting about Greg was his apparently enduring youthfulness.
They laid him on a couch prepared for him amidships on the main deck, where the vessel's pitching was least discomfiting.
"For the object of discomfiting a third adversary," filled in Korynthia.
This was discomfiting even to a man who piqued himself on his resources in conversation.