Dictionary

discompose en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English compose English discompose From dis- + compose.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
   • You will not be discomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say? 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 3, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
   • 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. 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 6:
   • That thought appeared to discompose her greatly, though Jasper made light of it by rapidly back-scratching with his hind legs and giving a short stern bark, just to assure her that strangers would be rushed off the property on sight. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 127:
2. (transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.
   • If e'er with airy horns I planted heads, Or rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds, Or caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude, 1712-17, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (London: Chiswick Press. 1925), canto IV

Forms

Relateds

decompose

Synonyms

unstring · throw off balance · upset · disturb · displace · bother · ruffle up · agitate · unsettle · freak · perturb · bring down · derange · enturbulate · mortify · perturb · discompose · flurry · sting · ruffle · unsettle · disrange · disconcert · unsettle · betumble · put out

Translations (4)

bg смущавам (to disturb or agitate) · pl zaniepokoić (to disturb or agitate) · pl niepokoić (to disturb or agitate) · bg безпокоя (to disturb or agitate)