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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Discomfited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discomfiting}.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See {Comfit}, {Fact}.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. --Spenser.
2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.
Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, adjective Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, noun Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
Such a discomfit as shall quite despoil him. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discomfit
verb: cause to lose one's composure [syn: {upset}, {discompose}, {untune}, {disconcert}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "discomfit": abash, addle, addle the wits, annoy, appall, astound, baffle, balk, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bother, brave, bug, cast down, chagrin, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, daze, dazzle, defeat, defy, destroy, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dish, dismay, disorganize, disorient, disrupt, disturb, elude, embarrass, entangle, faze, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, frustrate, fuddle, fuss, irk, knock the chocks, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle, nonplus, outdo, outwit, overcome, panic, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, put to flight, put to rout, raise hell, rattle, rout, ruffle, ruin, sabotage, scatter, scotch, spike, spoil, stampede, stonewall, stump, take aback, throw into confusion, thwart, trump, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry
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