"discomfiture" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(ɹ)/ [UK], /dɪsˈkʊmfɪtʃə/ [UK] Forms: discomfitures [plural]
Etymology: From Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”); compare French déconfiture. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|desconfiture||rout, defeat}} Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”), {{cog|fr|déconfiture}} French déconfiture Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} discomfiture (countable and uncountable, plural discomfitures)
  1. (obsolete) Defeat in battle. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-discomfiture-en-noun-O3vX2U1c
  2. An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (a feeling of frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment): объркване (obǎrkvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), смущение (smuštenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Unbehagen [neuter] (German), Peinlichkeit [feminine] (German), hūhi (Maori), uro [neuter] (Norwegian), jenă [feminine] (Romanian), stinghereală [feminine] (Romanian), stânjeneală [feminine] (Romanian), замеша́тельство (zamešátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), смуще́ние (smuščénije) [neuter] (Russian), конфу́з (konfúz) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-discomfiture-en-noun-zYZThXUt Disambiguation of Emotions: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'a feeling of frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment': 3 97
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