discomfit
verb
[ dɪsˈkʌmfɪt ]
• make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
• "he was not noticeably discomfited by her tone"
Similar:
embarrass,
make uncomfortable,
make uneasy,
abash,
disconcert,
nonplus,
discompose,
discomfort,
take aback,
unsettle,
unnerve,
put someone off their stroke,
ruffle,
confuse,
fluster,
agitate,
disorientate,
upset,
disturb,
perturb,
distress,
chagrin,
mortify,
faze,
rattle,
discombobulate,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘defeat in battle’): from Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, based on Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + conficere ‘put together’ (see confection).
