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   discomfit

   /dɪˈskʌmfɪt/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed: "he was not noticeably discomfited by her tone"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘defeat in battle’): from Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, based on Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + conficere ‘put together’ (see confection).

   Scrabble Points: 17

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