discomfit

Meanings

Verb

• To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
• To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
• To defeat completely; to rout.

Adjective

• Discomfited; overthrown.

Origin

• From Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, from des-, from Latin dis- + confire, from Latin conficio, from com- + facio.
• Later sense of “to embarrass, to disconcert” due to confusion with unrelated discomfort.