Discomposure

noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being discomposed. countable, uncountable

    "And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.]"

  2. 2
    a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure wordnet
  3. 3
    Discordance; disagreement of parts. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats"

  4. 4
    anxious embarrassment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
discomfitureabashmentagitationangstanguishanxiety

Example

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"Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?"

Etymology

From dis- + composure.

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