Usually means: Makes someone feel uneasy, embarrassed.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word discomfits:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. discomfits: Merriam-Webster
  2. discomfits: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discomfits: Collins English Dictionary
  4. discomfits: Vocabulary.com
  5. discomfits: Wordnik
  6. discomfits: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. discomfits: Wiktionary
  8. discomfits: Dictionary.com
  9. discomfits: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discomfits: Legal dictionary

(Note: See discomfit as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (discomfit)

verb:  (transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
verb:  (rare) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
verb:  (archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.
▸ Also see discomfit


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