discomfited

• He was completely discomfited, and for a moment debated trying to cover up, pretending to be more wise than he had been. —  169 - Danger Lies East
• Even where, under the occasional influence of a milder mood, or milder captain, the discomfited were admitted to present mercy, there was still no security for their lives. —  The Life of Francis Marion
• The Arabs were totally discomfited, and Barca Gana was wounded in the back through his chain armour. —  Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
• They were discomfited, as it were, on their own ground Superstition, which I distinguish from witchcraft, though the greater evil flourished on the less, had its best treatment in the spread of the Christian religion. —  The Romance of a Pro-Consul
• He had resisted the beginnings of evil; he had held out under the stress of persecution; and now he could enjoy the smoother and brighter waters over which he sailed His enemies were for the time discomfited, and even the hardy Wilton was abashed. —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School

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