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Discomposure

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Absence of composure.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state of being discomposed.

n. Discordance; disagreement of parts.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

n. Discordance; disagreement of parts.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; perturbation: as, discomposure of mind.

n. Inconsistency; incongruity; disagreement.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure

n. anxious embarrassment

Word Usage

"Her discomposure was a clear pain to herself; she had had a shock of extreme violence, and Nick saw that as Miriam showed no symptom of offering to give up her sitting her stay would be of the briefest."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

embarrassment anxiety

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

disturbance disorder agitation perturbation discordance

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

discompose abashment inquietude fluster perturbation