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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to make someone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed;

e.g. One look from him was enough to discomfit her and make her want to run away.

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Abash

Baffle

Balk

Beat

Chagrin

Checkmate

Confound

Confuse

Disconcert

Embarrass

Faze

Fluster

Foil

Frustrate

Mortify

Nonplus

Rattle

Thwart

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Opposite Words

Abet

Advance

Aid

Assist

Assure

Buoy

Calm

Cheer

Comfort

Console

Cultivate

Ease

Embolden

Encourage

Facilitate

Forward

Foster

Further

Hearten

Nurture

Promote

Reassure

Relieve

Smooth

Soothe

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Related Words

Abase

Addle

Agitate

Ail

Alarm

Amaze

Arrest

Astonish

Astound

Avert

Baffle

Bamboozle

Bar

Beat

Befuddle

Bemuse

Bewilder

Block

Bloom

Blush

Bother

Buffalo

Chagrin

Chasten

Cheapen

Check

Clog

Concern

Confound

Confuse

Conquer

Counteract

Crimson

Debase

Defeat

Degrade

Demean

Derail

Discombobulate

Discomfort

Discompose

Discredit

Disgrace

Dishonor

Dismay

Disorient

Disquiet

Distemper

Distract

Distress

Disturb

Dumbfound

Encumber

Exercise

Fetter

Flabbergast

Floor

Flummox

Flurry

Flush

Forestall

Fox

Frazzle

Freaked

Fuddle

Fuss

Get

Glow

Gravel

Halt

Hamper

Handicap

Hinder

Hobble

Humble

Humiliate

Impede

Inhibit

Lower

Manacle

Maze

Muddle

Muddy

Mystify

Negate

Neutralize

Nullify

Obstruct

Obviate

Offset

Overcome

Perplex

Perturb

Pose

Preclude

Prevent

Puzzle

Queer

Redden

Rock

Shackle

Shame

Shock

Short-circuit

Sink

Smirch

Stall

Startle

Stop

Stun

Stupefy

Surprise

Thunderstrike

Trammel

Undo

Unhinge

Unsettle

Upset

Vex

Worry

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