discomfit
/diss-KUM-fit/verbto make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed
“The blunt question discomfited the entire panel.”
- Synonyms
- unsettle, disconcert, embarrass
- Antonyms
- reassure, comfort
- Memory hook
- discomfit: comfort undone.
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