If you are discomfited by something, it causes you to feel slightly embarrassed or confused. He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament. + discomfited dis·com·fit·ed Will wanted to do likewise, but felt too discomfited. to make someone feel slightly uncomfortable, annoyed, or embarrassed (desconfit, past participle of desconfire , from confire )