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Recent Examples of discomfiture The actor enhances his character’s long inner monologues with his eloquent ice-blue eyes, which can convey emotions ranging from disdain and discomfiture to despair and devotion. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 May 2025 Dolan’s discomfiture is understandable, as cord-cutting was already doing a number on the legacy RSN model well before the NBA began beefing up its national TV slate at the expense of the local sports channels. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025 Everywhere, Ryback says, the cartoonists and editorialists delighted in Hitler’s discomfiture. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 Back in the States, Frankie suffers from terrifying episodes of PTSD, from society’s refusal to believe that women served in the conflict and from her own parents’ discomfiture over her service. Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 Sohel’s father, an aristo to his fingertips, would have been amused to think of a Dunyapur peasant having an opinion on the matter at all, and might have called him over to enjoy his discomfiture in the presence of the Begum Sahiba’s bikini. Daniyal Mueenuddin, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021 Marsac’s discomfiture nevertheless leads to something utterly unexpected. Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2021 When the aliens did not appear, some members of the group became disillusioned and immediately departed, but others dealt with their discomfiture by doubling down on their conviction. Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021 Kedar is sung after eight o’clock in the evening, and to sing it at twilight, at six o’clock, would create slight discomfiture. Amit Chaudhuri, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discomfiture
Noun
  • But this latest exchange had a far less satisfying denouement: an uncertain military outcome and a diplomatic embarrassment, in the eyes of Modi’s nationalist base.
    Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
  • Houston has lost its last six against the Ravens, including last year’s 31-2 embarrassment on Christmas Day.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • This program was designed to provide shorter, clearer letters to reduce taxpayer confusion.
    Cindy McGhee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 May 2025

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“Discomfiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discomfiture. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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