Meaning & use
discomfiture
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A feeling of embarrassment or unease, especially resulting from failure or frustration.
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His discomfiture was obvious when his phone rang loudly during the funeral.
She tried to hide her discomfiture after mispronouncing the CEO's name.
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Originally meant "military defeat" in Middle English, from Old French "desconfiture"; the modern sense of embarrassment developed later.
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