单词 | discomfiture |
释义 | discomfiture (once / 2151 pages) n WORD FAMILY discomfiture: discomfitures+/discomfit: discomfited, discomfiting, discomfits, discomfitted, discomfitting, discomfiture/discomfited: discomfitedly USAGE EXAMPLESFor now, it can only take solace in Mr Turnbull’s discomfiture. Economist(Oct 05, 2016) “No. It’s nothing to do with blue fire,” she said with a low chuckle at my discomfiture. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) And then among the pro-plebeian party there is an unworthy glee at the discomfiture of the patrician “establishment.” The New Yorker(Mar 24, 2016) n anxious embarrassment Syn|Hyper discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment embarrassment the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public anxietya vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
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