Verb: discomfit dis'kúm-fit
- Cause to lose one's composure
"Persons frequently employ falsehoods to a sick man who cannot recover, lest it should discomfit his mind";
- upset, discompose, untune [rare], disconcert
Sounds like: dire, dyert, discomfor
Derived forms: discomfited, discomfiting, discomfits
Type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, kindle, provoke, raise