Discompose

verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate. transitive

    "I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning."

  2. 2
    cause to lose one's composure wordnet
  3. 3
    To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder. transitive

    "If e'er with airy horns I planted heads, Or rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds, Or caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude,"

Synonyms

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agitatedisconcertperturbunsettleupsetupset

Example

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"I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning."

Etymology

From dis- + compose.

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