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Definition: Discomfited |
DiscomfitedAdjective1. Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted". 2. Caused to feel self-conscious and uncomfortable; "was discomfited by the personal questions"; "the child felt embarrassed by the attention of the adults". Noun1. People who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "discomfited" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: DiscomfitedSynonyms: disappointed (adj), embarrassed (adj), foiled (adj), frustrated (adj), thwarted (adj), defeated (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Discomfited |
| English words defined with "discomfited": Abaist ♦ embarrassed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "discomfited": Chawed up ♦ Giants ♦ Zair. (references) |
| "Discomfited" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 46.88% of the time. "Discomfited" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 46.88% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 21.88% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 18.75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.5% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "discomfited"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Arabic | متحير (bewildered, confounded, confused, distracted, embarrassed, nonplused, perplexed, puzzled), مرتبك (agitated, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, embarrassed, lummox, perplexed, perturbed, puzzled, uneasy, upset). (various references) | ||||
Finnish | nolo (baffled, embarrassed). (various references) | ||||
French | vaincue. (various references) | ||||
German | besiegte (conquered, defeated, defeated person, loser, vanquished). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | zavarba hozott, legyőzött (beat, beaten, loser, subdued, vanquished). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | iscomfitedday | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 17, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai etreyato ihsouV ton amalhk kai panta ton laon autou en fonw macairaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fugavitque Iosue Amalech et populum eius in ore gladii |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Josue made Amalech to flee, and the puple of hym, in the mouth of the swerd. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Iosua discomfeted Amalech ad his people with the edge of his swerde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 17, Verse 13 |
| Bulgarian | Така Исус порази Амалика и людете му с острото на ножа. |
| Cebuano | Ug gilaglag ni Josue si Amalek ug ang iyang katawohan sa sulab sa pinuti. |
| Chinese | 約 書 亞 " 刀 殺 了 亞 瑪 力 王 ' 他 的 百 " 。 |
| Croatian | I Jošua oštricom maèa svlada Amaleka i njegov narod. |
| Danish | og Josua huggede Amalekiterne og deres Krigsfolk ned med Sværdet. |
| Dutch | Alzo dat Jozua Amalek en zijn volk krenkte, door de scherpte des zwaards. |
| Finnish | Ja Joosua voitti amalekilaiset ja heidän sotaväkensä miekan terällä. |
| French | Et Josué vainquit Amalek et son peuple, au tranchant de l`épée. |
| German | Und Josua dämpfte den Amalek und sein Volk durch des Schwertes Schärfe. |
| Haitian Creole | Jozye menm te bat Amalèk ak moun li yo byen bat, li touye yo anba kout nepe. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Akhirnya orang Amalek dikalahkan oleh Yosua. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sehingga dialahkan Yusak akan Amalek dan segala balatentaranya itu dengan mata pedang. |
| Italian | Giosuè sconfisse Amalek e il suo popolo passandoli poi a fil di spada. |
| Maori | Na patua ana a Amareke, ratou ko tona iwi, e Hohua ki te mata o te hoari. |
| Norwegian | Og Josva hugg Amalek og hans folk ned med sverdets egg. |
| Portuguese | Assim Josué prostrou a Amaleque e a seu povo, ao fio da espada. |
| Rumanian | Wi Iosua a biruit pe Amalec wi poporul lui, cu tqiwul sqbiei. |
| Swedish | Och Josua slog Amalek och dess folk med svärdsegg. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Discomfited" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: discomfitted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-f-i-i-m-o-s-t" | |
-2 letters: discomfit. | |
-3 letters: codified, codifies, comfiest, comities, deficits, demotics, dioecism, domestic, miscited, miscoded, modified, modifies, oddities, semiotic. | |
-4 letters: cestoid, coedits, comfits, deficit, deistic, demotic, desmoid, diciest, discoed, discoid, disomic, distome, fideism, fideist, foisted, fomites, iodides, iodised, medicos, meiotic, middies, miotics, miscite, miscode, misedit, modiste, motific, semifit, somitic, stimied, toddies. | |
-5 letters: cestoi, citied, cities, coedit, coifed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 63 6F 6D 66 69 74 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -.-. --- -- ..-. .. - . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100110 01101001 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s c o m f i t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0063 006F 006D 0066 0069 0074 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875856981797275867170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, arab |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, finn |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, ranskalainen, français, französisch, francia |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, saksalainen, allemand, német |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, magyar |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, angol |
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