What does discomfiture mean?
Discomfiture means (obsolete) Defeat in battle..
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/dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(ɹ)/ · noun
(obsolete) Defeat in battle..
Some of us are concerned because as yet the South shows no penitence. But what exactly do we mean by this? Since down to the close of the war she never confessed any for braving it, the only penitence now left her is that which springs solely from the sense of discomfiture; and since this evidently would be a contrition hypocritical, it would be unworthy in us to demand it.
One of them ended its career as a passenger carrying vehicle in 1907, by freezing in Kemp Town Tunnel, to the discomfiture of some important season ticket holders, who did not hesitate to let the directors know what they thought about the incident.
Other countries are not so much angry as avid to exploit the discomfiture of the US or the chaos in the region or both.
Use discomfiture when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Discomfiture means (obsolete) Defeat in battle..
Common synonyms include rout, discomfit, discomposure, disconcertion.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Some of us are concerned because as yet the South shows no penitence. But what exactly do we mean by this? Since down to the close of the war she never confessed any for braving it, the only penitence now left her is that which springs solely from the sense of discomfiture; and since this evidently would be a contrition hypocritical, it would be unworthy in us to demand it.
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