English > discomfit: 1 sense > verb 1, emotion| Meaning | Cause to lose one's composure. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Model | The performance is likely to discomfit Sue |
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| Synonyms | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert |
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| Narrower | afflict | Cause great unhappiness for |
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| bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw | Cause to be confused / confused emotionally |
| dissolve | Cause to lose control emotionally |
| embarrass, abash | Cause to be embarrassed |
| faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle | disturb the composure of |
| pain, anguish, hurt | Cause emotional anguish / anguish or make miserable |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
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| Catalan | confondre, pertorbar, preocupar |
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| Spanish | confundir, desconcertar, perturbar |
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| Nouns | discomfiture | anxious embarrassment |
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