discomfit

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

cause to lose one's composure
• Syn:
upset, discompose, untune, disconcert
• Derivationally related forms:
discomfiture, disconcertment (for: disconcert), disconcertion (for: disconcert), discomposure (for: discompose), upset (for: upset)
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle, dissolve,
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw, embarrass, abash,
pain, anguish, hurt, afflict
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to discomfit Sue

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