Younger siblings have an easy time discomfiting their brothers and sisters. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used with object) : to be discomfited by a question. ,The army was discomfited in every battle. From Dictionary.com.
"My change of topic did not discomfit you, Calde.". From Wordnik.com. [Exodus From The Long Sun]
No doubt, this will add to the discomfit of the mob. From Wordnik.com. [January 26, 2008] Reference
Why do the Nazi horrors so fundamentally discomfit us?. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: September 8, 2002 - September 14, 2002 Archives] Reference
Through his energy he is able to oppose and discomfit us. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
How might these enemies seek to discomfit you in the future?. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » A Touch of Trump: The Interview] Reference
Alas, security gridlock isn ' t likely to discomfit the TSA much. From Wordnik.com. [When Rights Get Squeezed] Reference
If she expected to surprise or discomfit Grant, she was disappointed. From Wordnik.com. [My Bones Will Keep]
During the balance of the evening nothing occurred to discomfit either. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics] Reference
F'nor said nothing, and his continued silence began to discomfit Lessa. From Wordnik.com. [DragonFlight]
Divōdāsa Atithigva to discomfit the dark-skinned Śambara, he gave to. From Wordnik.com. [Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India] Reference
Do not worry yourself about this bill, do not let it alarm or discomfit you. From Wordnik.com. [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]
After all, he only wanted to discomfit the fellow a trifle, not humiliate him. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Valor]
He has aided me to cast himself out -- that is, to oppose and discomfit himself. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Unfortunately, those efforts discomfit an insect — the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hapless Toad] Reference
She's never met any foreign leaders, is about the only one which might discomfit people. From Wordnik.com. ["I didn't hesitate, no," Sarah Palin told Charlie Gibson.] Reference
Really, it was quite unreasonable of him to try to discomfit a perfect stranger like this. From Wordnik.com. [Hunger Moon: Chapter Seven] Reference
And she thought that he would take great pleasure in how she was going to discomfit them all. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Valor]
Now, Rome found it useful to have an ally in the East, to discomfit their rivals in the East. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Times, Israeli Times] Reference
Even as he opposed busing, he promoted affirmative action, in part to discomfit organized labor. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Jerusalem for to discomfit the Jews; for they put our Lord to death, without leave of the emperor. From Wordnik.com. [The Travels of Sir John Mandeville] Reference
How did we become such delicate creatures that we cannot dare to read a word that might discomfit us?. From Wordnik.com. [Ravitch: The chutzpah of rewriting Mark Twain (and how it relates to "The Wire")] Reference
That use of discomfit is now supposed to be considered entirely standard, according to the dictionary. From Wordnik.com. ["The Republican Party has been using a grab-bag of strategies to counter Obama's policies over the past month."] Reference
Yet, he doesn't want to discomfit the "Blue Dogs," because they are in marginal districts and may lose. From Wordnik.com. [Van Jones Resigns; Left To Hang By Obama For Cursing Republicans and Signing 9/11 Truth Statement?] Reference
Roger Tichborne to discomfit the minds of his old friends, who now seem uncertain whether they know him or not. From Wordnik.com. [The Insurrection in Paris] Reference
With a mischievous desire to discomfit him further, Diana shifted the conversation to a more intellectual plane. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved]
Not anything worse than you might expect for a sultry evening in July, but plenty hot enough to discomfit a diva. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Chill: Giving AC the Cold Shoulder] Reference
Better to spare him any discomfit; better to let him think she had not guessed what his hopes and motives had been. From Wordnik.com. [If I Pay Thee Not In Gold]
In her willingness to discomfit her readers, Rowling matches, and sometimes outstrips, many so-called 'adult' authors. From Wordnik.com. [Irreparable Harm: More Thoughts on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] Reference
This appeared to discomfit Haplo, who had sensed a threat and looked to his body for confirmation, only to see nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Labyrinth]
Instead, because the center is moving so rapidly on this issue, the FMA is likely to divide and discomfit his own party. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Apollo himself defended his shrine, hurling down rocks on the invaders and sending supernatural figures to discomfit them. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
To compensate for this, of course, one can make the thumb cuffs tighter, but this produces greater discomfit in the wearer. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
Aside from sparing ourselves some discomfit, what do we have to gain from censors deciding what we should and shouldn't know?. From Wordnik.com. [What Boundaries of Openness?] Reference
“The reason is not far to seek,” I answered, more to myself than her, as I ran down the stairs to discomfit that old man. From Wordnik.com. [Erema] Reference
Evelake and told him he should be discomfit and slain, but if he left his belief of the old law and believed upon the new law. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5] Reference
I thought he was marvellous, albeit his choice of Andrew Cuomo is one of those 'maverick-y' choices that sometimes discomfit me. From Wordnik.com. [Mayor Bloomberg: "There is a partisanship that has paralyzed our country."] Reference
King Evelake and told him he should be discomfit and slain, but if he left his belief of the old law and believed upon the new law. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Still exhausted from the previous day, serious discomfit from chafing in all the wrong places, but overjoyed to have finished intact. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
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