- defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted - 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"
Antonym: successful (indirect, via unsuccessful)
- discomfited, embarrassed - caused to feel self-conscious and uncomfortable; "was discomfited by the personal questions"; "the child felt embarrassed by the attention of the adults"
Antonym: comfortable (indirect, via uncomfortable)
- defeated, discomfited - people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
--1 is a kind of people
- upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit - cause to lose one's composure
--1 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun discomfiture1
The performance is likely to discomfit Sue