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discomfit
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Definition:1. to make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed; to disconcert2. to thwart the plans of3. to rout
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"Oh!" she said. "Did you wish to see Miss Havisham?"
"If Miss Havisham wished to see me," returned Mr. Pumblechook, discomfited.
"Ah!" said the girl; "but you see she don't."
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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he had originated a leading idea— he could say it without self-flattery— calculated to clear up the whole business, to strengthen him in his official career, to discomfit his enemies, and thereby to be of the greatest benefit to the government.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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He turned and took a last look at the lonely bit of coast, where stood the wooden hut, now bathed in moonlight, the scene of the greatest discomfiture ever experienced by a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety.
Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel
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‘Heathcliff, you may come forward,’ cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young blackguard he would be compelled to present himself.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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at the end of half an hour the wolves drew back discomfited.
Jack London. The Call of the Wild (1903)
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