discomfit

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

dis·com·fit (dĭs-kŭmʹfĭt)tr.v. dis·com·fit·ed, dis·com·fit·ing, dis·com·fits
1. To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass.
2. To thwart the plans of; frustrate.
3. Archaic. To defeat in battle; vanquish.n.
Discomfiture. [Middle English discomfiten, from Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, descumfire, to defeat : des-, dis- + confire, to make (from Latin cōnficere, to prepare. See comfit).] 
Usage Note: It is true that discomfit originally meant “to defeat, frustrate” and that its newer use meaning “to embarrass, disconcert” probably arose in part through confusion with discomfort. But the newer sense is now the most common use of the verb in all varieties of writing and should be considered entirely standard.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  upset, discompose, untune, disconcert