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Definition
cause someone to lose composure or be embarrassed
- The goddess went dazed and discomfited away, and Iris, fleet as the wind, drew her from the throng, in pain and with her fair skin all besmirched.Book 5 (40% in)
- The Argives, discomfited though they were, were forced to defend their ships, and all the gods who were defending the Achaeans were vexed in spirit; but the Lapithae kept on fighting with might and main.Book 12 (37% in)
- I have discomfited you once already.Book 20 (38% in)
There are no more uses of "discomfit" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Butler).
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