Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discomposing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-com-pos-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of discompose

adj

Unsettling; tending to discompose

Example Sentences

"[…] a death which overtook one galloping frantically over a desert was wholly irregular and discomposing."
"By that time the fellow had managed to tug and jerk his hat clear of his head, and advanced with slight bows at Ruthvel, who told me the sight was so discomposing that for some time he listened, quite unable to make out what that apparition wanted."
"The prospect was discomposing."
"The news has had a decidedly discomposing effect already."

Inflected Forms

more discomposing (comparative) most discomposing (superlative)

Derived Forms

discomposingly

Questions

What does discomposing mean?: present participle and gerund of discompose

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