discomfiture
Example Sentences
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That Pakistan likely shot down between two and four Indian jets on the first night of the conflict added to the Indian prime minister’s discomfiture.
These episodes can cause brief public discomfiture with the GOP, but never lasting damage.
From Salon
“We’ve put hundreds of millions of dollars into ethnically targeted microbes,” he said, delivering his spiel to dining companions who heard him out with increasingly evident discomfiture.
From Los Angeles Times
The House Republican leader was a study in discomfiture.
From Washington Post
They’re reveling in what they see as the discomfiture of authorities at the destinations forced to scramble to bring care and services to the passengers.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
