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...looking faintly embarrassed by his own discomfiture, [Alec] added quickly, "It's just—she won't even come out of her room for her own family." (source)discomfiture = loss of composure
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A big burst of laughter at Daisy's discomfiture. (source)discomfiture = embarrassment or loss of composure
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'Er — now, Harry?' said Nick, looking discomfited.† (source)
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Joe's affability contrasted with the discomfiture of the men on the bench.† (source)
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He'd never seen the Crow Goddess like this before, and he took pleasure in her discomfiture.† (source)
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I mean," I said nervously, discomfited by Platt's stare, "I really don't keep in touch with the crowd from school very much...."† (source)
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Greatly discomfited, the Helper turned to his partner, a wisp of a woman who seemed to be trying to hide behind her hair.† (source)
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Surprise mixed with discomfiture.† (source)discomfiture = embarrassment or loss of composurestandard suffix: The suffix "-ure" converts the verb into a noun.
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I've never backed down from male relatives, either calf or bull, or let father and guardians discomfit me.† (source)
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The preserving medium slides out of throat and lungs easily on its own, but the first few times the experience is a discomfiting one.† (source)
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GILES: It discomfits me!† (source)
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May thy grandest adventures Discomfitures prove, May thy joys be all dreams, And forgotten thy love.† (source)Discomfitures = embarrassments or instances of loss of composure
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Though part of me was distracted by the idea that our neighbors might be peering out their windows at us, wondering what the exact nature of our relationship was, I was also, to be honest, almost discomfitingly flushed with a sensation I had not believed I would ever experience again.† (source)
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Feeling discomfited in a way he could not remember having felt before, Bod made his way back to the Owenses' tomb, and was pleased to see both of his parents waiting for him beside it.† (source)
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Two notable exceptions were Bewt, who was openly smiling at the banker's discomfiture, and the smuggler, Tuek, who appeared to be watching Kynes for a cue.† (source)discomfiture = embarrassment or loss of composure
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"It well may discomfit the prince of the Heathobards And each of the thanemen of earls that attend him, [70] When he goes to the building escorting the woman, That a noble-born Daneman the knights should be feasting: 5 There gleam on his person the leavings of elders Hard and ring-bright, Heathobards' treasure, While they wielded their arms, till they misled to the battle Their own dear lives and beloved companions.† (source)
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