Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb discompose
1 sense of discompose
Sense 1
upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")
Antonyms of adj discomposed
1 sense of discomposed
Sense 1
discomposed (vs. composed) -- (having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air")
composed (vs. discomposed) -- (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time")
=> calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil -- (not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country")
=> imperturbable, unflappable -- (not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis")
=> collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed -- (in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble")
=> cool, coolheaded, nerveless -- (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament")
=> unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled -- (free from emotional agitation or nervous tension; "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope)
Similarity of adj discomposed
1 sense of discomposed
Sense 1
discomposed (vs. composed) -- (having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air")
=> abashed, chagrined, embarrassed -- (feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums")
=> blushful, blushing (prenominal), red-faced -- (having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger")
=> bothered, daunted, fazed -- (caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections")
=> discombobulated, disconcerted -- (having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw)
=> flustered, hot and bothered (predicate), perturbed, rattled -- (thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term))
=> unstrung -- (emotionally upset; "the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort")
Also See-> agitated#1; undignified#1