Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Verb: discompose  `dis-kum'powz
  1. Cause to lose one's composure
    "Persons frequently employ falsehoods to a sick man who cannot recover, lest it should discompose his mind"
    - upset, untune, disconcert, discomfit

Derived forms: discomposed, discomposing, discomposes

See also: discomposure

Type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise

Nearest

discolourise
discombobulate
discombobulated
discombobulation
discomfit
discomfited
discomfiture
discomfort
discommend
discommode
discompose
discomposed
discomposure
discomycete
Discomycetes
discomycetous
disconcert
disconcerted
disconcerting
disconcertingly
disconcertion