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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discomposed \Dis'com*posed"\, adjective Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- {Dis'com*pos"ed*ly}, adverb -- {Dis'com*pos"ed*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discompose \Dis'com*pose"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Discomposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discomposing}.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. d['e]composer.]
1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. --Pope.
2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.
Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity. --Glanvill.
3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discomposed
adjective: having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air" [ant: {composed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "discomposed": abashed, abroad, adrift, afflicted, agitated, amiss, askew, astray, at sea, awry, balled-up, beset, bewildered, bothered, cast down, chagrined, chaotic, chapfallen, clueless, cockeyed, confused, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomforted, disconcerted, dislocated, dismayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disoriented, disquieted, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, excited, feverish, fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttered, fussed, guessing, haywire, hung up, ill at ease, in a fix, in a jumble, in a maze, in a pickle, in a pother, in a pucker, in a scrape, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet, in a tizzy, in disorder, jittery, jumbled, jumpy, lost, mazed, misplaced, mixed-up, mortified, nervous, nervy, off the track, on the fritz, out of countenance, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, perplexed, perturbed, put-out, put-upon, rattled, restless, roily, ruffled, shaken, shaken up, shook, shuffled, stirred up, troubled, troublous, turbid, turbulent, turned around, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unsettled, upset, without a clue
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