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Meanings of discomfited in inglês

Disappointingly unsuccessful.

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Embarrassed.

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Examples for "embarrassed"
Examples for "embarrassed"
1
The appropriate parties, including embarrassed administrators at bluesky.net, have corrected the problem.
Wired
2
The pair's actions embarrassed powerful forces within government, intelligence, and corporate Australia.
The Guardian
3
I'd lose a day if I went there,' I said, slightly embarrassed.
The World According to Bob
4
Her choice of words startled and embarrassed Wallander, but he said nothing.
Firewall
5
It embarrassed the Collector; the girl did not so much as wince.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
Usage of discomfited in inglês
1
But we see dress first, in the figures of the discomfited Magi.
Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
2
He found himself discomfited by her gaze... while drifting, catching new information.
Zero Point
3
This settled the affair: and the discomfited expectants made a precipitate retreat.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
4
But numbers hemmed them in too sore, and the Franks were discomfited.
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of C...
5
Far from being discomfited, Cullis conversed with the man in fluent French.
The Guardian
6
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4
7
They never ceased cannonading the discomfited enemy until the ammunition was exhausted.
History of the United Netherlands, 1588d
8
When no one spoke or even shuffled a foot, he looked discomfited.
Wizard and glass
9
My idea is that we should drive them back defeated and discomfited.
Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
10
At the end Octa was discomfited, and was driven from the country.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
11
The banker, quite discomfited on seeing the effect of his words, continued:
Serge Panine — Volume 02
12
At length Blake, discomfited, was compelled to take refuge in the Thames.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
13
I hastened to call off the discomfited hound, and withdrew with reverence.
A Reckless Character, and Other Stories
14
The discomfited lover fled from the house, and sought the treasurer's palace.
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
15
The stewardess came back to him presently, with rather a discomfited air.
Fenton's Quest
16
He it was who had discomfited them, and was therefore to blame.
The Hero of Hill House
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Discomfited across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common