Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Discomfiture \Dis*com"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture,
F. d['e]confiture. See {Discomfort}, v. t., and cf.
{Comfiture}.]
The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited;
rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and
dejection.
Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was
a very great discomfiture. --1 Sam. xiv.
20.
A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and
disgrace. --Macaulay.
Source : WordNet®
discomfiture
n : anxious embarrassment [syn: {discomposure}, {disconcertion},
{disconcertment}]