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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 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
  • If fear of embarrassment is influencing how Gen Z engages at work, leaders should name it and offer alternatives.
    Ruth Oh Reitmeier, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Good intentions and moral high ground gave way to national embarrassment.
    Dan Fisher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, there has been confusion over how many shots were fired when Finicum was killed and who fired them.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But that means there’s even more opportunity for confusion.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With this humiliation, Joe snaps, and, in short order, commits several shocking acts of deadly violence.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Another old hand, Rashid, took all three South African wickets to avoid total humiliation.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Discomfiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discomfiture. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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