Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discompose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-com-pose
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.

Transitive verb

verb

To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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,"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English compose English discompose From dis- + compose.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

discomposes (present, singular) discomposing (participle, present) discomposed (participle, past) discomposed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

decompose

Synonyms

perturb unsettle agitate freak sting bother bring down discompose unstring disconcert enturbulate disturb

Questions

What does discompose mean?: To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
Where does discompose come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English compose English discompose From dis- + compose.

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