Discompose
[dɪskəm'pəʊz] or [,dɪskəm'poz]
Definition
(v. t.) To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
(v. t.) To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.
(v. t.) To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
Typist: Vilma
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1].Disorder, derange, disarrange, embroil, jumble, unsettle, confuse, disturb, throw into disorder or confusion.[2].Displease, disquiet, ruffle, agitate, harass, worry, annoy, plague, trouble, vex, fret, nettle, irritate, provoke, chafe.[3].Disconcert, perplex, bewilder, embarrass, abash, put out.
Checker: Wilbur
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See STRANGE]
Edited by Edith
Definition
v.t. to deprive of composure: to disarrange to disorder: to disturb: to agitate.—n. Discompō′sure.
Editor: Terence
Examples
- And having been long used to sea-voyages, those motions, although sometimes very violent, did not much discompose me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- But how came the hand to discompose you so much, if it was only a letter of business? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I started, but was only discomposed a moment; I knew the voice and speaker. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Their shape was very singular and deformed, which a little discomposed me, so that I lay down behind a thicket to observe them better. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Miss Steele was the least discomposed of the three, by their presence; and it was in their power to reconcile her to it entirely. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- So very emphatically and unexpectedly, that we were all three discomposed; until Tiffey came in with the bill. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The man's swarthy face was placid and still; his black hair and beard were slightly, very slightly, discomposed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This September afternoon is pleasant, observed Louis Moore, as, not at all discomposed, he calmly cast the crumbs on to the grass. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I did not then know that I had,' said Lightwood, discomposed on her account. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Steven