Discomfiture (Noun)
Meaning
Anxious embarrassment.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- He felt intense discomfiture when his phone rang loudly during the meeting and he had to apologize for not silencing it earlier.
- She couldn't shake off the discomfiture of having accidentally sent a confidential email to her entire department instead of just her manager.
- The politician's discomfiture was evident as she struggled to answer a tough question from a journalist during the live TV debate.
- The teenager's discomfiture was palpable as he tried to explain to his parents why he had gotten a tattoo without their permission.
- His discomfiture grew with every passing moment as he waited anxiously to learn if he had made the final cut for the college scholarship.