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Meanings of discomposed in English

Having your composure disturbed.

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        Examples for "composed"
        1
        Let us suppose that material bodies-inour case, water-arecomposed of atoms.
        Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
        2
        Therefore he composed a request for information for circulation to scholarly journals.
        The new yorker
        3
        He saw that Bodkin expected a serious answer, and composed his thoughts.
        The Drowned World
        4
        However, his composed tone stays intact, calling for help inside the property.
        The South African
        5
        Imagine the light composed of thousands of constantly moving, glittering silver particles.
        Witch School's First Degree
        Usage of discomposed in English
        1
        Old Sharon was not in the least discomposed by this fresh check.
        My Lady's Money
        2
        Just then Mr and Mrs Chadwick came down, looking grave and discomposed.
        Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages
        3
        Wrayson glanced quickly at the Colonel, who seemed in no way discomposed.
        The Avenger
        4
        He said: do not be discomposed by the opinions of inept persons.
        South Wind
        5
        Hazel felt extremely shy and discomposed at the course things had taken.
        The Gold of Chickaree
        6
        A very discomposed young lady had met Scotty just out of hearing.
        Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
        7
        But he was still so discomposed that she began to grow uneasy.
        Doctor Pascal
        8
        Her look so discomposed him that he stopped, wandered, and began anew:
        A Tale of Two Cities
        9
        They were a little discomposed at his appearance, and edged off suspiciously.
        Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the ...
        10
        Lord James looked about, for the slightest fraction of a moment discomposed.
        Out of the Primitive
        11
        You will not be discomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say?
        Bleak House
        12
        Mr. Elliott came in and discomposed us; I was horridly tired of him.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
        13
        Mr. Hardie sat down in his parlour thoroughly discomposed; Skinner watched him furtively.
        Hard Cash
        14
        In the meantime, I was terribly discomposed at the thoughts of her return.
        The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
        15
        The driver was evidently discomposed by the lateness of my arrival.
        The Woman in White
        16
        To all appearance, she was the least discomposed of the three.
        The Lighted Way
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