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DISCOMPOSE

Dictionary entry overview: What does discompose mean?

• DISCOMPOSE (verb)
The verb DISCOMPOSE has 1 sense:

1. cause to lose one's composure

Familiarity information: DISCOMPOSE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISCOMPOSE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cause to lose one's composure

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

discomfit; discompose; untune; disconcert; upset

Hypernyms (to "discompose" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "discompose"):

enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle (disturb the composure of)

dissolve (cause to lose control emotionally)

bemuse; bewilder; discombobulate; throw (cause to be confused emotionally)

abash; embarrass (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)

anguish; hurt; pain (cause emotional anguish or make miserable)

afflict (cause great unhappiness for; distress)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to discompose Sue

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