Discomfit (Verb)

Meaning

Cause to lose one's composure.

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Synonyms

• Disconcert
• Upset
• Discompose
• Untune

Hypernyms

• Kindle
• Raise
• Fire
• Enkindle
• Arouse
• Provoke
• Elicit

Hyponyms

• Unnerve
• Enervate
• Bewilder
• Bemuse
• Unsettle
• Faze
• Throw
• Afflict
• Abash
• Hurt
• Discombobulate
• Embarrass
• Pain
• Inhibit
• Anguish
• Dissolve

Related Words

• Discomfiture (noun)