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Verb: discomfit  dis'kúm-fut
  1. Cause to lose one's composure
    "When you discomfit somebody, you embarrass or bewilder him or, sometimes, you frustrate his plans"
    - upset, discompose, untune, disconcert

Sounds like: discomfort

Derived forms: discomfited, discomfits, discomfiting

See also: discomfiture

Type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise

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