All 4 Uses of
discomfit
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Poor Danglars looked so crest-fallen and discomfited that Monte Cristo assumed a pitying air towards him.†
Chpt 47-48 *
- Now, as I dislike him, and hope his railway, his electric telegraph, or his search for baths, will ruin him, I am watching for his discomfiture, which must soon take place.†
Chpt 69-70
- While Albert was lashing the front of his carriage in the same manner that he had the newspapers which were the innocent agents of his discomfiture, as he was crossing the barrier he perceived Morrel, who was walking with a quick step and a bright eye.†
Chpt 77-78
- This point of union was Noirtier, and it was he who had just sent for Morrel, with the request that the latter would lose no time in coming to him—a command which Morrel obeyed to the letter, to the great discomfiture of Barrois.†
Chpt 79-80
Definition:
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(discomfit) cause someone to lose composure or be embarrassed