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1. People who are defeated
   "the Romans had no pity for the discomfited";
   - defeated

1. Disappointingly unsuccessful
   "discomfited expectations and thwarted ambitions";
   - defeated, disappointed, foiled, frustrated, thwarted

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

See also: unsuccessful

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