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verb
To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: perturb, unsettle, agitate, freak, sting, bother, bring down, discompose, disconcert, enturbulate, disturb, mortify, put out, ruffle, throw off balance, upset, flurry
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: betumble, derange, displace, disrange, ruffle up, unsettle
Antonyms: none provided
verb
cause to lose one's composure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: upset, untune, disconcert, discomfit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Narrower terms: faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle, dissolve, bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw, embarrass, abash, pain, anguish, hurt, afflict
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English compose English discompose From dis- + compose.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
