Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate..
I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning.
You will not be discomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say?
That thought appeared to discompose her greatly, though Jasper made light of it by rapidly back-scratching with his hind legs and giving a short stern bark, just to assure her that strangers would be rushed off the property on sight.
If e'er with airy horns I planted heads, Or rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds, Or caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude,
Use discompose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Discompose means (transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate..
Common synonyms include perturb, unsettle, agitate, freak.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.