Discomfited Definition

discomfited
adjective
  1. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
noun
  1. people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"

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