Reverse Dictionary: DISCOMFIT

ADJECTIVES
► ABAIST abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted → a1000 obs.
► ABAWED abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset → a1450 obs.
► BE TAKEN BAD ► BE TOOK BAD discomfited → 1900s sl.
► CHEWED UP embarrassed, confused, discomfited, surprised; defeated, severely scolded → 1843 Amer. dial.
► OFF-PUTTING  distressing; unsettling; discomfiting → 1828 US sl.
► STONKERED confounded; discomfited → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WAMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended → 1836 Amer. dial.
► WITH ONE’S FEATHERS CUT discomfited → 1859 Amer. dial. obs.
► WOMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended → 1798 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► BAFFLE confusion, discomfiture, check → 1628 obs.
► BASHMENT confusion from surprise or sudden check; discomfiture, shame → c1325 obs.
► DISCABOOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity → 1986 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOBOLATION ► DISCOMBOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity → 1839 Amer. dial.
► LURCH a discomfiture → 1584 obs.

PHRASES
► BACK ON ONE’S HEELS into a state of discomfiture or astonishment

VERBS
► ABAVE to put to confusion, to discomfit; also, to be confounded → 1303 obs.
► AFLEY to dismay, to discomfit → c1774 Sc. obs.
► BASH to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash → c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GET ONE’S ANGORA to irk, to annoy, to anger or exasperate someone; to discomfit or rattle one → 1915 Amer. sl.
► GET ONE’S BACON to discomfit; to defeat → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GIVE THE LURCH to discomfit, to get the better of → 1598 obs.
► HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass → 1928 Amer. dial.
► MISPUT to inconvenience; to discomfit → 1942 Amer. dial.
► SHEND to discomfit in battle or dispute → 893 obs.
► TAKE THE RUST OUT OF to discomfit, to deflate → M19 US sl.
► THUNDER-SMITE to discomfit utterly → 1875