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[ UK /dɪskˈɒmpə‍ʊz/ ]
VERB
  1. cause to lose one's composure

How To Use discompose In A Sentence

  • I found him this morning somewhat discomposed. His wife and her mother and sister were to arrive yesterday by the morning train.
  • ‘I am not discomposed,’ he said of his review, ‘I will argue through some of the points with him, but I'll need to read it through again before we do that.’
  • The ballet on the one hand discomposes the viewer.
  • Isis eyed her, not used to seeing Raine so discomposed.
  • looked about with a wandering and discomposed air
  • The frequently brilliant and sometimes searing interviewer has a compassionate side that discomposes itself into a medley of expressions on camera.
  • He sighed, slightly relieved to have escaped their self-righteous wrath, but also a bit discomposed.
  • _toss_, some of the boys sat still, looking at Marco, and not knowing what to do; others raised their oars into the air, some one way and some another; and Joseph, who was a little discomposed by the rebuff he had met with, concluded that he would obey as literally as possible, let what would come of it and he gave his oar a high toss into the air. Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont
  • I looked him over as I thought about it, and that seemed to discompose him. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
  • He had somewhat discomposed even the bishop of Winchester, but the hesitation was only a moment long and the impressive voice rose with authority, calling them peremptorily to prayer, and to the consideration of the grave matters for which they were gathered together. A River So Long
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