discompose
Americanverb (used with object)
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to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle.
The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
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to disturb the composure of; agitate; perturb.
The bad news discomposed us.
- Synonyms:
- disconcert, discomfit
verb
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to disturb the composure of; disconcert
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rare to disarrange
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Example Sentences
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This did not seem to discompose him; on the contrary, he looked rather amused.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
And often, when her father was talking to her and she giving mechanical replies, suddenly her cheek would burn like fire, and the old man would wonder what he had said to discompose her.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
It is, and looks, German, and is of an extravagant nature that would utterly discompose an English herald.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.
The vehemence with which I put this question seemed to discompose my attendant.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
Of course the failure did not discompose me, nor shake my belief.
From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence
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