adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of discompose form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Unsettling; tending to discompose

   "[…] a death which overtook one galloping frantically over a desert was wholly irregular and discomposing."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bafflingbewilderingdisconcertingdismayingdisturbingembarrassing

Example

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"[…] a death which overtook one galloping frantically over a desert was wholly irregular and discomposing."

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