Synonyms and Antonyms of discompose
1
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
- discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine
agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, disturb, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry
aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex
bedevil, haunt, plague
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
2
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
- the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers
confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
align (also aline), line, line up, queue
classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize
adjust, fix
groom, make up, spruce (up)
unscramble
arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy
