English > discompose: 1 sense > verb 1, emotionMeaning | Cause to lose one's composure. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The performance is likely to discompose Sue |
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Synonyms | upset, untune, disconcert, discomfit |
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Narrower | afflict | Cause great unhappiness for |
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bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw | Cause to be confused / confused emotionally |
dissolve | Cause to lose control emotionally |
embarrass, abash | Cause to be embarrassed |
faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle | disturb the composure of |
inhibit | Make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally |
pain, anguish, hurt | Cause emotional anguish / anguish or make miserable |
Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
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Spanish | confundir, desconcertar, molestar, perturbar, turbar |
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Catalan | amoïnar, confondre, desconcertar, molestar, pertorbar, preocupar, torbar |
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Nouns | discomposure | a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure |
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discomposure | anxious embarrassment |