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dis·com·pose

(dĭs′kəm-pōz′)

tr.v. dis·com·posed, dis·com·pos·ing, dis·com·pos·es

1. To disturb the composure or calm of; perturb.

2. To put into a state of disorder.

dis′com·pos′ed·ly (-pō′zĭd-lē) adv.

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discompose

(ˌdɪskəmˈpəʊz)

vb (tr)

1. to disturb the composure of; disconcert

2. rare to disarrange

ˌdiscomˈposedly adv

ˌdiscomˈposingly adv

ˌdiscomˈposure n

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dis•com•pose

(ˌdɪs kəmˈpoʊz)

v.t. -posed, -pos•ing.

1. to upset the order of; disarrange.

2. to disturb the composure of; agitate; perturb.

[1475–85]

dis`com•po′sure (-ʒər) n.

discompose

Past participle: discomposed
Gerund: discomposing

Imperative
discompose
discompose

Present
I discompose
you discompose
he/she/it discomposes
we discompose
you discompose
they discompose

Preterite
I discomposed
you discomposed
he/she/it discomposed
we discomposed
you discomposed
they discomposed

Present Continuous
I am discomposing
you are discomposing
he/she/it is discomposing
we are discomposing
you are discomposing
they are discomposing

Present Perfect
I have discomposed
you have discomposed
he/she/it has discomposed
we have discomposed
you have discomposed
they have discomposed

Past Continuous
I was discomposing
you were discomposing
he/she/it was discomposing
we were discomposing
you were discomposing
they were discomposing

Past Perfect
I had discomposed
you had discomposed
he/she/it had discomposed
we had discomposed
you had discomposed
they had discomposed

Future
I will discompose
you will discompose
he/she/it will discompose
we will discompose
you will discompose
they will discompose

Future Perfect
I will have discomposed
you will have discomposed
he/she/it will have discomposed
we will have discomposed
you will have discomposed
they will have discomposed

Future Continuous
I will be discomposing
you will be discomposing
he/she/it will be discomposing
we will be discomposing
you will be discomposing
they will be discomposing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been discomposing
you have been discomposing
he/she/it has been discomposing
we have been discomposing
you have been discomposing
they have been discomposing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been discomposing
you will have been discomposing
he/she/it will have been discomposing
we will have been discomposing
you will have been discomposing
they will have been discomposing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been discomposing
you had been discomposing
he/she/it had been discomposing
we had been discomposing
you had been discomposing
they had been discomposing

Conditional
I would discompose
you would discompose
he/she/it would discompose
we would discompose
you would discompose
they would discompose

Past Conditional
I would have discomposed
you would have discomposed
he/she/it would have discomposed
we would have discomposed
you would have discomposed
they would have discomposed

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Verb

discompose - cause to lose one's composure

discomfit, untune, upset, disconcert

arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

faze, unnerve, unsettle, enervate - disturb the composure of

dissolve - cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"

bemuse, discombobulate, bewilder, throw - cause to be confused emotionally

abash, embarrass - cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

anguish, pain, hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

discompose

verb

To impair or destroy the composure of:

agitate, bother, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, ruffle, shake (up), toss, unsettle, upset.

Informal: rattle.

Translations

agitare

discompose

vt (form)

(= disarrange) → in Unordnung bringen; (fig) person → durcheinanderbringen

(= agitate) → (völlig) aus der Fassung bringen, verwirren

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