Meaning | Having your composure disturbed. |
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Example | "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air" |
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Narrower | abashed, chagrined, embarrassed | Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious |
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blushful, blushing, red-faced | Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset |
bothered, daunted, fazed | Caused to show discomposure |
discombobulated, disconcerted | Having self-possession upset |
flustered, hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled | Thrown into a state of agitated confusion / confusion |
unstrung | emotionally upset |
See also | agitated | Troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
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undignified | lacking dignity |
Opposite | composed | serenely self-possessed and free from agitation / agitation especially in times of stress |
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