Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun discomfiture

1 sense of discomfiture

Sense 1
discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment -- (anxious embarrassment)
       => embarrassment -- (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)
       => anxiety -- (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)