discomfit

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·com·fit /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ verb [transitive] formal  EMBARRASSEDto make someone feel slightly uncomfortable, annoyed, or embarrassed 使〔某人〕窘迫，使〔某人〕尴尬 He was discomfited by her silence. 她的沉默使他感到窘迫。 —discomfiture noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

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discomfit• But the lack of historical perspective was discomfiting.• It was a strange, discomfiting and disorientating landscape.• It was plain that the two great detectives were discomfited by each other's presence.• Her brief, elliptical poems, most written in the 1850s and 1860s, sorely discomfited some but greatly delighted others.• Foley's announcement discomfited some Democrats.• Whatever he was saying clearly discomfited the librarian.Origin discomfit (1200-1300) Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire “to destroy”, from confire “to make”

dis·com·fit verbChineseSyllable  

Corpus to feel make uncomfortable, or annoyed, embarrassed someone slightly

discomfit
dis‧com‧fit /dɪsˈkʌmfət, dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ verb [transitive] formalto make someone feel slightly uncomfortable, annoyed, or embarrassed:
    He was discomfited by her silence.
—discomfiture noun [uncountable]

dis·comfitBrE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they discomfit BrE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it discomfits BrE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪts/ 🔊past simple discomfited BrE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle discomfited BrE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form discomfiting BrE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [often passive] ~ sb (literary) to make sb feel confused or embarrassed 使困惑；使窘迫；使尴尬▸ dis·com·fit·ure BrE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ◆He was clearly taking delight in her discomfiture. 他显然以她的窘迫为乐。🔊🔊