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discomposure
noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
tangible
VERB + DISCOMPOSURE
feels, justify
DISCOMPOSURE + NOUN
men
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
The state of being discomposed.
And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.]
"The real reason is that some small element of danger is involved in our experiment, though it is not sufficient to justify the discomposure which I see upon many of your faces."
2
Discordance; disagreement of parts.
But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — anxious embarrassment
- discomfiture
- disconcertion
- disconcertment
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
401
And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my jo
Wiktionary02
"The real reason is that some small element of danger is involved in our experiment, though it is not sufficient to justify the discomposure which I see upon many of your faces."
Wiktionary03
But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and no
Wiktionary04
Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?
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