This shameful discomfiture quickened all the suspicion and jealousy fermenting in France. Russian General Panin's savage reprisals, after the capture of Penza, completed their discomfiture. Panin's savage reprisals, after the capture of Penza, completed their discomfiture. He persuades Verena to elope with him, to the discomfiture of Olive and her fellow-feminists. The glee with which the superintendent's discomfiture was hailed by the audience spoke volumes. Innumerable schemes were laid for his discomfiture, simply to end in miscarriage. Champernell, Beaupre, and Verdone laugh at the discomfiture of their two rivals. To Sternberg's discomfiture, RKO maintained strict control when filming commenced in September 1950. However his discomfiture did not last long. To Conan's discomfiture, the supernatural is his constant companion.