to discompose

Examples

• All

• Nothing that need discompose us was the sense I was tryin' to convey.

  The Ladykillers (2004)

• Lisa, slightly discomposed, looks back at Wills and Charlotte.

  Fiction book (2000)

• You have an extraordinary ability to discompose my friend, sir.

  Persuasion (1995)

• If anyone with sense wanted to discompose the royal family, they'd put the spell on them, not on their griffin.

  Fiction book (1995)

• "You will repay me entirely if you do not discompose yourself, but get well as fast as you can; and since you appear in such good spirits, I may speak to you on one subject, may I not?

  Fiction book (2002)

• I had never seen the "Inimitable" so discomposed.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The egalitarian quality of modern society caught him off guard, as discomposing as kicking a huge weight that suddenly was no longer there.

  Fiction book (2001)

• It will discompose him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "I don't think I've ever seen him discomposed.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The sudden loud noise discomposed her during the important presentation.

Synonyms

U

to upset

vsto discompose

362 1.0

Make someone feel sad or worried

aims at breaking composure rather than expressing general unhappiness

D

to disturb

vsto discompose

153 2.5

Make someone feel deeply worried or upset

focuses on upsetting composure rather than causing wide emotional harm

A

to appall

vsto discompose

64 5.5

To make someone feel shocked and very upset by something cruel or wrong

affects composure more mildly than intense horror or deep shock

D

to dismay

vsto discompose

37 4.4

Make someone feel shocked or worried by something unexpected

upsets composure by making someone uneasy rather than only shocking them

U

to unnerve

vsto discompose

20 6.3

To make someone feel nervous and less confident

targets a loss of calm rather than directly attacking self confidence

D

to disconcert

vsto discompose

7 7.1

To make someone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed

affects composure without the frequent embarrassment element

U

to unsettle

vsto discompose

7 4.9

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

creates unease while the main focus is the loss of composure

P

to perturb

vsto discompose

7 7.0

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

upsets composure specifically rather than only producing general worry

D

to discomfort

vsto discompose

1 4.3

To make someone feel uneasy or anxious

disturbs composure more strongly than creating only mild unease

D

to disquiet

vsto discompose

1 7.3

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

disturbs composure more than simply producing worry

D

to discomfit

vsto discompose

• Formal

1 8.4

To make someone feel uncomfortable, confused, or embarrassed

causes unease or unsettlement without focusing on embarrassment

C

to consternate

vsto discompose

• Archaic

1 9.9

To make someone feel sudden shock and worry

creates general unease of composure rather than a sudden shock

U

to unglue

vsto discompose

• Informal

7.5

To make someone lose control of their feelings

makes someone uneasy without always causing full composure loss

U

to unfix

vsto discompose

9.1

Make someone feel upset and unable to think clearly

affects composure more generally without implying deep mental instability

U

to untune

vsto discompose

• Archaic

8.9

To make someone lose their calm and feel upset

disrupts calmness but not necessarily causing an emotional breakdown

Antonyms

R

to reassure

163 3.4

To make someone feel less worried and more confident

C

to compose

33 4.7

To calm yourself after strong feelings

How Uneasy

to disturb

153 2.5

to disconcert

7 7.1

to discompose

1 9.1

to unsettle

7 4.9

to unnerve

20 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology