Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discomposed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discompose \Dis`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomposed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Discomposing}.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf.
OF. decomposer, F. d['e]composer.]
1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder;
to unsettle; to break up.
Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. --Pope.
2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the
composure or equanimity; to agitate.
Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity.
--Glanvill.
3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
[Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert;
agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discomposed \Dis`com*posed"\, a.
Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- {Dis`com*pos"ed*ly},
adv. -- {Dis`com*pos"ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discomposed
adj : having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a
wandering and discomposed air" [ant: {composed}]
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