discomfiture (diskumfitur)

[ Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture . 1 Sam. xiv. 20. Your Lordship hath also heard of the Battle of Leipsick, where Tilly, notwithstanding the Victory he had got over the D. of Saxony a few Days before, received an utter Discomfiture . Howell, Letters, I. v. 35. 2. Defeat; frustration; disappointment. After five days' exertion, this man of indomitable will and invincible fortune resigns the task in discomfiture and despair. Disraeli.