All discomfit synonyms

verb discomfit

• vex — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
• disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
• perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• discountenance — to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
• unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
• trump — a trumpet.
• perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
• rattle — to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
• confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
• abash — to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• outwit — to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
• irk — to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
• checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• ruffle — to beat (a drum) in this manner.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• worst — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
• fluster — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
• annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• faze — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• unnerve — to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
• throw — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
• discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
• baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
• take aback — to astonish or disconcert