discomfited

(noun) people who are defeated. Synonyms: defeated. Example: "The romans had no pity for the defeated."

(verb) cause to lose one's composure. Synonyms: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit.

(adj) disappointingly unsuccessful. Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, foiled, frustrated, thwarted. Examples: "Disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions." "Their foiled attempt to capture calais." "Many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers." "His best efforts were thwarted."