Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discomposure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discomposure \Dis`com*po"sure\ (?; 135), n.
1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder;
agitation; perturbation.
No discomposure stirred her features. --Akenside.
2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discomposure
n 1: anxious embarrassment [syn: {discomfiture}, {disconcertion},
{disconcertment}]
2: a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure
[ant: {composure}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.