discomposing

English

Verb

discomposing

1. present participle and gerund of discompose

Adjective

discomposing (comparative more discomposing, superlative most discomposing)

1. Unsettling; tending to discompose
   • 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Tragedy of The Korosko‎^[1]:

     […] a death which overtook one galloping frantically over a desert was wholly irregular and discomposing.

   • 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 5, in Lord Jim:

     By that time the fellow had managed to tug and jerk his hat clear of his head, and advanced with slight bows at Ruthvel, who told me the sight was so discomposing that for some time he listened, quite unable to make out what that apparition wanted.

   • 1900, George MacDonald, Paul Faber, Surgeon‎^[2]:

     The prospect was discomposing.

   • 1917, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152. January 17, 1917‎^[3]:

     The news has had a decidedly discomposing effect already.

Derived terms

• discomposingly