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Definition
cause someone to lose composure or be embarrassed
- So terrible was his appearance that Spitz was forced to forego disciplining him; but to cover his own discomfiture he turned upon the inoffensive and wailing Billee and drove him to the confines of the camp.Chapter 2 — The Law of Club and Fang (28% in)
- And so well did he face it, that at the end of half an hour the wolves drew back discomfited.Chapter 7 — The Sounding of the Call (91% in)
There are no more uses of "discomfit" in The Call of the Wild.
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