discomfited

adj 1: 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" [syn: {defeated},

{disappointed}, {foiled}, {frustrated}, {thwarted}]

2: caused to feel self-conscious and uncomfortable; "was

discomfited by the personal questions"; "the child felt

embarrassed by the attention of the adults" [syn: {embarrassed}]

n : people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the

defeated" [syn: {defeated}]