About The Word Discompose
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Discompose
Discompose Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Discompose?
[v] cause to lose one's composure
Synonyms | Synonyms for Discompose: discomfit | disconcert | untune | upset Related Terms | Find terms related to Discompose: abash | addle | addle the wits | aggravate | agitate | annoy | badger | bait | ball up | be at | be tedious | beat | beat up | becloud | bedazzle | bedevil | befuddle | beset | bewilder | bore | bother | bristle | brown off | bug | bullyrag | burn up | cast down | chagrin | chivy | churn | churn up | cloud | confound | confuse | convulse | daze | dazzle | derange | devil | disagree | disarrange | disarray | discombobulate | discomfit | disconcert | discontent | dishevel | dismay | disorder | disorganize | disorient | disquiet | distemper | distract | disturb | dog | electrify | embarrass | embroil | entangle | exasperate | excite | exercise | fash | ferment | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | fret | fuddle | fuss | get | gripe | harass | harry | heckle | hector | hound | irk | jar | jolt | jumble | knock galley-west | leave unsatisfied | maze | mess up | miff | mist | mix up | moider | molest | mortify | muddle | nag | needle | nettle | nudzh | paddle | peeve | perplex | persecute | perturb | perturbate | pester | pick on | pique | plague | pluck the beard | pother | provoke | psych | put out | raise hell | rattle | ride | rile | ripple | rock | roil | roughen | ruffle | rummage | rumple | shake | shake up | shock | spook | stagger | stir | stir up | swirl | tease | throw | throw into confusion | torment | trouble | try the patience | tweak the nose | unhinge | unsettle | untune | upset | vex | whip | whip up | whisk | work up | worry See Also | abash | afflict | anguish | arouse | bemuse | bewilder | discombobulate | elicit | embarrass | enervate | enkindle | evoke | faze | fire | hurt | kindle | pain | provoke | raise | throw | unnerve | unsettle Discompose In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomposed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Discomposing}.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf.
OF. decomposer, F. d['e]composer.]
1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder;
to unsettle; to break up.
Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. --Pope.
2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the
composure or equanimity; to agitate.
Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity.
--Glanvill.
3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
[Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert;
agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
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