Definition for Discomfit:

• dis-kum'fit, v.t. to disconcert, to balk: to defeat or rout;-- pr.p. discom'fiting; pa.p. discom'fited.-- n. ( Milt.) defeat.-- n. DISCOM'FITURE. [ O. Fr. desconfit, pa.p. of desconfire-- L. dis, neg., confic[) e]re, to prepare-- con, inten., fac[) e]re, to make.]

Synonyms for Discomfit:

• n.

  •
  • degrade,
  • frustrate,
  • prevent,
  • thwart,
  • foil.
  •
  • perplex.
  •
  • confound,
  • throw for a loop,
  • discountenance,
  • put on the spot,
  • chagrin,
  • discomfort.
  •discomfit (noun)
  • disconcert,
  • untune,
  • upset,
  • discompose.

• v.

  •defeat, frustrate; confuse (verb)
  • irk,
  • upset,
  • discountenance,
  • foil,
  • disconcert,
  • vex,
  • balk,
  • outwit,
  • fluster,
  • rattle,
  • bother,
  • disturb,
  • embarrass,
  • overcome,
  • demoralize,
  • prevent,
  • discompose,
  • unsettle,
  • worst,
  • abash,
  • annoy,
  • ruffle,
  • baffle,
  • perturb,
  • worry,
  • checkmate,
  • beat,
  • faze,
  • confound,
  • perplex,
  • trump,
  • take aback,
  • thwart.
  •emotion (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • untune,
  • upset,
  • discompose.
  •humble (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • embarrass,
  • faze,
  • humiliate,
  • mortify,
  • abash,
  • humble.
  •shame (verb)
  • dishonor,
  • stigmatize,
  • ridicule,
  • debunk,
  • vilify,
  • pillory,
  • shame,
  • malign,
  • disgrace,
  • show up,
  • expose,
  • ostracize,
  • mock,
  • scandalize.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • discountenance.
  •
  • confound.
  •confuse
  • confound,
  • fuddle,
  • get,
  • stir up,
  • disorient.
  •defeat
  • cast down.
  •heckle
  • heckle.
  •Other relevant words:
  • chagrin,
  • agitate,
  • rebuff,
  • dumbfound,
  • difficulty,
  • destroy,
  • unnervingly,
  • nullify,
  • mix,
  • spook,
  • frighten,
  • spoilation,
  • rattle,
  • cow,
  • hamper,
  • flummox,
  • raucously,
  • cross,
  • buffalo,
  • failure,
  • disquiet,
  • make nervous,
  • foil,
  • miserable,
  • effort,
  • overwhelm,
  • brave,
  • perplexing,
  • tip over,
  • dominate,
  • snarl,
  • dish,
  • confuse,
  • sore,
  • labyrinth,
  • spoiler,
  • Overmatch,
  • defy,
  • dispirit,
  • disconcertment,
  • grieve,
  • confront,
  • discountenance,
  • clip wings,
  • weigh down,
  • ominously,
  • bewildered,
  • mist,
  • encumber,
  • conquer,
  • daunt,
  • counter,
  • shatter,
  • loudly,
  • distressingly,
  • spike,
  • stir,
  • confound,
  • pother,
  • checkmate,
  • devastate,
  • discombobulated,
  • disturb,
  • hurt,
  • embarrassing,
  • bully,
  • fluster,
  • appal,
  • maze,
  • nonplus,
  • baffle,
  • Overset,
  • enervating,
  • distressing,
  • discordantly,
  • breaker,
  • excite,
  • surprise,
  • spite,
  • overawe,
  • euchre,
  • deflate,
  • outvote,
  • shake up,
  • fog,
  • bug,
  • aggrieved,
  • interference,
  • puzzle,
  • pains,
  • overthrow,
  • hector,
  • appall,
  • muddle,
  • offend,
  • stonewall,
  • flurry,
  • horrify,
  • discourage,
  • scatter,
  • check,
  • dazzle,
  • disturbance,
  • outflank,
  • reduce,
  • worst,
  • pained,
  • dash one's hope,
  • floor,
  • rout,
  • rouse,
  • psych out,
  • ball up,
  • startle,
  • make uneasy,
  • woeful,
  • raider,
  • unstable,
  • confusing,
  • throw for a loop,
  • outdo,
  • turn over,
  • intruder,
  • knock over,
  • balk,
  • discompose,
  • disturbingly,
  • undecided,
  • put out,
  • bedazzle,
  • take aback,
  • irritate,
  • startlingly,
  • get under skin,
  • disappointment,
  • dash,
  • unnerve,
  • unstring,
  • bother,
  • befuddled,
  • suppress,
  • tangle,
  • discomfort,
  • ruin,
  • elude,
  • drub,
  • throw into confusion,
  • outwit,
  • fuddle,
  • bowl over,
  • terrorize,
  • alarm,
  • counteract,
  • irk,
  • get,
  • entangle,
  • Moider,
  • intimidate,
  • stun,
  • offset,
  • needle,
  • overmaster,
  • pique,
  • painfully,
  • embarrassed,
  • trump,
  • inconvenience,
  • uneasy,
  • move,
  • wound,
  • distress,
  • contravene,
  • bring down,
  • trouble,
  • disconcertion,
  • frustration,
  • offender,
  • overreach,
  • scare,
  • fuss,
  • outmaneuver,
  • blast,
  • discombobulate,
  • dislocation,
  • override,
  • anguished,
  • doubtful,
  • Disturber,
  • ruffle,
  • unsettlingly,
  • rock,
  • arouse,
  • puzzling,
  • injure,
  • annoy,
  • terrifyingly,
  • countermand,
  • disappoint,
  • heckle,
  • dishearten,
  • violator,
  • terrify,
  • anguish,
  • perturb,
  • jilt,
  • stupefy,
  • raise hell,
  • awe,
  • outgeneral,
  • untune,
  • threaten,
  • frighteningly,
  • unsettled,
  • frustrate,
  • down,
  • throw,
  • becloud,
  • challenge,
  • addle,
  • tantalize,
  • disquietingly,
  • demoralize,
  • shockingly,
  • bedevil,
  • spoil,
  • thwart,
  • bilk,
  • stump,
  • worryingly,
  • worry,
  • vex,
  • overturn,
  • dismay,
  • shake,
  • subjugate,
  • befuddle,
  • astound,
  • flutter,
  • prevent,
  • afflict,
  • affect,
  • hassle,
  • put to flight,
  • upset,
  • demoralise,
  • stir up,
  • make uncomfortable,
  • embarrassingly,
  • cast down,
  • alarmingly,
  • unsettle,
  • addle the wits,
  • defeat,
  • parry,
  • puzzled,
  • domineer,
  • discomfiture,
  • subdue,
  • play one false,
  • downgrade,
  • circumvent,
  • awkward,
  • overpower,
  • Dumfound,
  • chasten,
  • burden,
  • degrade,
  • put on the spot,
  • voodoo,
  • get to,
  • ashamed,
  • disorient,
  • letdown,
  • consternate,
  • bemuse,
  • disorganize,
  • browbeat,
  • sabotage,
  • hex,
  • peeve,
  • bewilder,
  • beat,
  • outstanding,
  • overcome,
  • stampede,
  • disconcertingly,
  • disrupt,
  • dolorous,
  • astonish,
  • shock,
  • discommode,
  • crush,
  • Counterwork,
  • impede,
  • discomposure,
  • bewildering,
  • changeable,
  • distract,
  • provoke,
  • cloud,
  • toil,
  • derange,
  • panic,
  • vanquish,
  • scotch,
  • enigmatic,
  • bafflingly,
  • put out of countenance,
  • mystify,
  • perplex,
  • daze,
  • countervail,
  • lick.

Antonyms for Discomfit:

• v.

  • defeat, frustrate; confuse
    encourage, calm, aid, help, delight, soothe, order, make happy, explain, reassure, compose, appease, assist, lose, support, clear up, settle, abet, surrender, please, enlighten, comfort, yield.
  • Other antonyms:
    cede, nurture, capitulate, fall, fly, forfeit, succumb, retreat, retire, submit, buoy, fail, resign.

Homophones for Discomfit:

• discomfited, disembodied, disembody, dignified.

Hypernym for Discomfit:

• v.

  • emotion
    bemuse, enervate, hurt, anguish, unsettle, embarrass, unnerve, discombobulate, bewilder, throw, dissolve, pain, abash, faze, inhibit, afflict.

Hyponym for Discomfit:

• v.

  • emotion
    elicit, evoke, enkindle, fire, kindle, raise, arouse, provoke.