discomfiture
41ἡττήσεις — ἥττησις discomfiture fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) ἥττησις discomfiture fem nom/acc pl (attic) ἡττάω to be less aor subj act 2nd sg (attic epic ionic) ἡττάω to be less fut ind act 2nd sg (attic ionic) ἡττάω to be less futperf ind act 2nd sg (attic… …
42defeat — [n1] overthrow, beating ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing*, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess,… …
43laugh — [laf, läf] vi. [ME laughen < OE hleahhan, akin to Ger lachen (OHG hlahhan) < IE base * klēg , to cry out, sound > Gr klangē, L clangor] 1. to make the explosive sounds of the voice, and the characteristic movements of the features and… …
44discomposure — noun 1. anxious embarrassment • Syn: ↑discomfiture, ↑disconcertion, ↑disconcertment • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconcert (for: ↑disconcertment), ↑disconcert …
45disconcertion — noun anxious embarrassment • Syn: ↑discomfiture, ↑discomposure, ↑disconcertment • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconcert (for: ↑disconcertment), ↑disconcert, ↑ …
46disconcertment — noun anxious embarrassment • Syn: ↑discomfiture, ↑discomposure, ↑disconcertion • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconcert, ↑disconcert (for: ↑disconcertion), ↑ …
47dis|com|fi|ture — «dihs KUHM fih chur, chuhr», noun. 1. a complete defeat; rout. SYNONYM(S): overthrow. 2. a defeat of plans or hopes; frustration: »After five days exertion, this man of indomitable will and invincible fortune resigns the task in discomfiture and… …
48Active capital — capital cap i*tal (k[a^]p [i^]*tal), n. [Cf. L. capitellum and capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See {chief}, and cf. {cattle}, {chattel}, {chapiter}, {chapter}.] 1.… …
49Baffle — Baf fle, n. 1. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] A baffle to philosophy. South. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) (a) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and… …
50capital — cap i*tal (k[a^]p [i^]*tal), n. [Cf. L. capitellum and capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See {chief}, and cf. {cattle}, {chattel}, {chapiter}, {chapter}.] 1. (Arch.) The …
