Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To disturb the composure or calm of; perturb.
- transitive verb To put into a state of disorder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring into disorder; disturb; disarrange; unsettle.
- To disturb peace and quietness in; agitate; ruffle, as the temper or mind of.
- To displace; discard; discharge.
- Synonyms To derange, jumble, confuse.
- To disconcert, embarrass, fret, vex, nettle, irritate, annoy, worry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
- transitive verb To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.
- transitive verb obsolete To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To destroy the
composure of something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to lose one's composure
Etymologies
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Examples
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I guess that will place you in a sense of mode, are you set up for the scenario from an expense perspective, maybe you can kind of discompose, maybe categorize your expenses by personnel or maybe other items and which part of this question, I mean, obviously, all focus is on your ability to protect the bottom-line.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator (real estate blogs) 2008
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"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?"
Chapter 5 2010
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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
Chapter 4 2010
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SeSar on 02 Jul 2009 at 11: 47 pm # nice work, actually the point is building does not discompose the siluette but by the way its draw attention too.
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Or else I unhinge language, dislocate it, as though I were a gnome in a museum tilting picture-frames for a good laugh, just enough to discompose the patrons.
CARAMBOLES by ALEXANDER DICKOW EILEEN 2009
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In the mean time the poor Cobler was always merry and unconcern'd: He resolv'd at last to try whether Money would discompose him; so watch'd an Opportunity when the Man was out of his Stall, and privately convey'd there a Bag of Money amongst the
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I began to be as impatient at my self, as ever I was at her, to think that such a worthless Thing should discompose the Thoughts of such a Hero, as I there counted my self: But behold what hapned in the midst of the high Conceits
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In the mean time the poor Cobler was always merry and unconcern'd: He resolv'd at last to try whether Money would discompose him; so watch'd an Opportunity when the Man was out of his Stall, and privately convey'd there a Bag of Money amongst the
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But as the wind rushed down the glen, it completely removed for the space of three or four minutes the veil of mist which former gusts had only served to agitate or discompose, and showed them the nature and cause of the interruption which they had met with so unexpectedly.
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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I began to be as impatient at my self, as ever I was at her, to think that such a worthless Thing should discompose the Thoughts of such a Hero, as I there counted my self: But behold what hapned in the midst of the high Conceits
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