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# discomfiture

«discomfiture» in Mova's school 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/school/D/discomfiture/#m1)

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

### sense in the 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

- To his discomfiture, everyone laughed at his mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discomfiture/#x1)
- She could not hide her discomfiture when the teacher read her note aloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discomfiture/#x2)
- Much to the bully's discomfiture, nobody joined in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discomfiture/#x3)
- The villain's discomfiture made the audience cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discomfiture/#x4)
- He blushed red with discomfiture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discomfiture/#x5)
- The spelling bee winner enjoyed her rival's discomfiture a little too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discomfiture/#x6)

### 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/school/D/discomfiture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.