discomfiture

English

Etymology

From Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”); compare French déconfiture.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(ɹ)/, /dɪsˈkʊmfɪtʃə/

Noun

discomfiture (countable and uncountable, plural discomfitures)

A feeling of frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.

Translations

a feeling of frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment

Bulgarian: объркване (bg) n (obǎrkvane), смущение (bg) n (smuštenie)
Maori: hūhi
Norwegian: uro (no) n

Romanian: jenă (ro) f, stinghereală (ro) f, stânjeneală (ro) f
Russian: замеша́тельство (ru) n (zamešátelʹstvo), смуще́ние (ru) n (smuščénije), конфу́з (ru) m (konfúz)

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