MEANING
To unsettle someone so that their calm or self-possession is disrupted.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- discompose a guest
- visibly discomposed
On the page
The unexpected name discomposed her more than the accusation.
His question discomposed the host, who began rearranging the glasses.
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Word forms
- Base
- discompose
- Past tense
- discomposed
- Past participle
- discomposed
- Present participle
- discomposing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- discompose
- Present continuous
- am/is/are discomposing
- Present perfect
- have/has discomposed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been discomposing
- Past
- discomposed
- Past continuous
- was/were discomposing
- Past perfect
- had discomposed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been discomposing
- Future
- will discompose
- Future continuous
- will be discomposing
- Future perfect
- will have discomposed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been discomposing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: discompose; discomposes; discomposed; discomposed; discomposing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: discomposes.
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