"discompose" meaning in English

See discompose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discompose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: discomposes [present, singular, third-person], discomposing [participle, present], discomposed [participle, past], discomposed [past]
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  1. (transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate. Tags: transitive Translations (to disturb or agitate): безпокоя (bezpokoja) (Bulgarian), смущавам (smuštavam) (Bulgarian), niepokoić [imperfective] (Polish), zaniepokoić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-discompose-en-verb-Rk8PYQ5s Synonyms: perturb, unsettle, agitate, freak, sting, bother, bring down, discompose, disconcert, enturbulate [nonstandard], disturb, mortify [obsolete], perturb, put out, ruffle, throw off balance, unsettle, upset, flurry Disambiguation of 'to disturb or agitate': 79 21
  2. (transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder. Tags: transitive Synonyms: betumble, derange, displace, disrange, ruffle up, unsettle
    Sense id: en-discompose-en-verb-idnT-pgC Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: decompose

Inflected forms

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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "composure",
          "composure"
        ],
        [
          "disturb",
          "disturb"
        ],
        [
          "agitate",
          "agitate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perturb"
        },
        {
          "word": "unsettle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "agitate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "freak"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "sting"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "bother"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "bring down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "discompose"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "disconcert"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "tags": [
            "nonstandard"
          ],
          "word": "enturbulate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "disturb"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "mortify"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "perturb"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "put out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "ruffle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "throw off balance"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "unsettle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "upset"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:upset",
          "word": "flurry"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1712-17, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (London: Chiswick Press. 1925), canto IV",
          "roman": "Or discompos'd the head-dress of a prude...",
          "text": "If e'er with airy horns I planted heads,\nOr rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds,\nOr caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disarrange",
          "disarrange"
        ],
        [
          "disorder",
          "disorder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "betumble"
        },
        {
          "word": "derange"
        },
        {
          "word": "displace"
        },
        {
          "word": "disrange"
        },
        {
          "word": "ruffle up"
        },
        {
          "word": "unsettle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "bezpokoja",
      "sense": "to disturb or agitate",
      "word": "безпокоя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "smuštavam",
      "sense": "to disturb or agitate",
      "word": "смущавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to disturb or agitate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "niepokoić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to disturb or agitate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaniepokoić"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discompose"
}

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