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# discomfiture

«discomfiture» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A feeling of embarrassment and unease, when someone is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (discomfiture, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A feeling of embarrassment and unease, when someone is confused or made to look foolish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#m1)

2) (old) Defeat or failure of a plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, it means a crushing defeat or panic that God brings on Israel's enemies. In the primary lessons: Found in classic books and formal writing to show a character feeling awkward and embarrassed, often to the amusement of others; phrases: «to his discomfiture», «much to her discomfiture».

### examples

- But the LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and shall discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed. (Torah DEU.7.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x1)
- And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants of the lands. (Writings 2CH.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x2)
- And Saul and all the people that were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. (Prophets 1SA.14.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x3)
- To his discomfiture, everyone laughed at his mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x4)
- She could not hide her discomfiture when the teacher read her note aloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x5)
- Much to the bully's discomfiture, nobody joined in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x6)
- The villain's discomfiture made the audience cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x7)
- He blushed red with discomfiture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x8)
- The spelling bee winner enjoyed her rival's discomfiture a little too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/#x9)

### note

Formal and rare; everyday words: embarrassment, awkwardness. Do not confuse with «discomfort» (a bit of pain or unease). Uncountable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discomfiture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/discomfiture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.