Meaning of DISCOMPOSE
| Pronunciation: | | `diskum'powz
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| | Definition: | | [v] cause to lose one's composure |
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| | Synonyms: | | discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| | See Also: | | abash, afflict, anguish, arouse, bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate, elicit, embarrass, enervate, enkindle, evoke, faze, fire, hurt, kindle, pain, provoke, raise, throw, unnerve, unsettle | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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