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单词 discomposing
释义

discompose

verb

dis·​com·​pose ˌdis-kəm-ˈpōz How to pronounce discompose (audio)
discomposed; discomposing; discomposes

transitive verb

1
: to destroy the composure of
2
: to disturb the order of
discomposure
ˌdis-kəm-ˈpō-zhər How to pronounce discompose (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • agitate
  • ail
  • alarm
  • alarum
  • bother
  • concern
  • derail
  • discomfort
  • dismay
  • disquiet
  • distemper
  • distract
  • distress
  • disturb
  • exercise
  • flurry
  • frazzle
  • freak (out)
  • fuss
  • hagride
  • perturb
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • weird out
  • worry
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Example Sentences

discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers

Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

1645, in the meaning defined at sense 2

discomposing 1 of 2

adjective

as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety a discomposing response to our routine query about her health

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • disturbing
  • unsettling
  • troubling
  • frightening
  • upsetting
  • troublesome
  • distressing
  • scary
  • nagging
  • disquieting
  • frightening
  • nasty
  • worrisome
  • perturbing
  • shocking
  • discomforting
  • scary
  • terrible
  • horrible
  • troublous
  • terrifying
  • discouraging
  • disconcerting
  • demoralizing
  • chilling
  • disheartening
  • daunting
  • dire
  • dread
  • persecutive
  • alarming
  • harassing
  • intimidating
  • discomfiting
  • fearful
  • dismaying
  • forbidding
  • dreadful
  • dispiriting
  • horrifying
  • formidable
  • ghastly
  • fearsome
  • direful
  • horrendous
  • persecutory
  • frightful
  • hair-raising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reassuring
  • settling
  • soothing
  • calming
  • comforting
  • relaxing
  • consoling
  • narcotic
  • dreamy
  • tranquillizing
  • inviting
  • sedative
  • tranquilizing
  • quieting
  • pacifying
  • lulling
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discomposing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of discompose
1
as in alarming
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • alarming
  • bothering
  • distracting
  • concerning
  • disturbing
  • worrying
  • unsettling
  • agitating
  • distempering
  • haunting
  • distressing
  • angering
  • hagriding
  • upsetting
  • alaruming
  • plaguing
  • exercising
  • discomforting
  • annoying
  • disquieting
  • weirding out
  • irritating
  • undoing
  • ailing
  • perturbing
  • derailing
  • dismaying
  • confusing
  • unhinging
  • rattling
  • putting off
  • putting out
  • fussing
  • embarrassing
  • freaking (out)
  • flurrying
  • chivying
  • aggravating
  • harassing
  • exasperating
  • shaking up
  • nettling
  • nonplussing
  • discouraging
  • bugging
  • getting
  • pestering
  • grating
  • frazzling
  • vexing
  • disconcerting
  • chafing
  • riling
  • discountenancing
  • peeving
  • irking
  • harrying
  • fretting
  • flustering
  • nonplusing
  • galling
  • piquing
  • mortifying
  • chivvying
  • bedeviling
  • confounding
  • abashing
  • discomfiting
  • jarring
  • demoralizing
  • unnerving
  • disheartening
  • daunting
  • dispiriting
  • fazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • composing
  • settling
  • soothing
  • alleviating
  • calming
  • tranquillizing
  • quieting
  • assuaging
  • tranquilizing
  • allaying
  • mollifying
  • propitiating
  • placating
  • conciliating
  • pacifying
  • appeasing
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2
as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • disrupting
  • confusing
  • shuffling
  • disturbing
  • disarraying
  • dishevelling
  • disheveling
  • disarranging
  • upsetting
  • disorganizing
  • scrambling
  • mussing
  • disordering
  • tousling
  • muddling
  • dislocating
  • disjointing
  • jumbling
  • hashing
  • tumbling
  • snarling
  • mixing (up)
  • deranging
  • rumpling
  • tangling
  • unsettling
  • messing (up)
  • embroiling
  • perturbing
  • entangling
  • cluttering
  • stirring (up)
  • agitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • organizing
  • ranging
  • regulating
  • disposing
  • straightening (up)
  • ordering
  • arranging
  • drawing up
  • lining up
  • aligning
  • tidying
  • lining
  • marshalling
  • marshaling
  • queueing
  • arraying
  • alining
  • classifying
  • adjusting
  • fixing
  • codifying
  • making up
  • systematizing
  • methodizing
  • queuing
  • grooming
  • systemizing
  • sprucing (up)
  • unscrambling
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