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DISCOMFITURE

Dictionary entry overview: What does discomfiture mean?

• DISCOMFITURE (noun)
The noun DISCOMFITURE has 1 sense:

1. anxious embarrassment

Familiarity information: DISCOMFITURE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISCOMFITURE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Anxious embarrassment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

discomfiture; discomposure; disconcertion; disconcertment

Hypernyms ("discomfiture" is a kind of...):

embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)

anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)

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