as in embarrassment
the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable
blushed and lowered her eyes in evident discomfiture
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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.
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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
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
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Sparing a county official from embarrassment is not a valid public purpose.—
David Plymyer,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2026
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How can other young women and girls who wants to be creators online push through that embarrassment and stop worrying about what other people are thinking?—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If any paperwork is involved, prepare it beforehand to skip mid-discussion confusion.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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However, cage announcer Bruce Buffer caused confusion by reading the scores incorrectly, announcing totals that favored Fortune’s opponent.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the current case, the Navy now has so few vessels that the loss of even one ultra-valuable major warship would be a humiliation; the loss of several, a catastrophe.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Here, group dates often involve good-natured humiliation rituals that vaguely correspond to a romantic theme.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Discomfiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discomfiture. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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