discomfiture
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1. discomfiture - Noun
2. discomfiture - Verb
Meaning
The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.
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Compounding their discomfiture and of Syed Ali Geelani, who leads his own Hurriyat faction, and men of his ilk, was the blunt speak of National Conference President Omar Abdullah, that too on Pakistan soil.
The discomfiture increased manifold after his Jinnah remark (when he said Jinnah was secular).
The facial discomfiture will vary, though the transition between mild indigestion and suppressed “Eureka!” will be as subtle as it is sudden.
If Facebook is used without any discomfiture with regard to shari'a, then it is legitimate, otherwise illegitimate," he noted.
On the rising spate of political motivated bomb attacks in the state, Osagiede said “We wish to express our discomfiture with the recent spate of bombings and other forms of violence recorded in the state recently.