discomfit
/dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/verb
(discomfited, discomfiting)with obj.(一般作be discomfited)
- make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed使不安; 使难堪：
he was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
他并未因她的语气而感到非常难堪。
USAGE
The words discomfit and discomfort are etymologically unrelated but in modern use their principal meanings as a verb have collapsed into one （ 'make (someone) feel uneasy'）.
派生词
discomfiture
noun词源
Middle English （in the sense 'defeat in battle'）： from Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, based on Latin dis- (expressing reversal)+conficere'put together' （see CONFECTION）.