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Synonyms & Antonyms of discomposing
(Entry 1 of 2)
causing worry or anxiety
- a discomposing response to our routine query about her health
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- comforting,
- consoling,
- dreamy,
- inviting,
- lulling,
- narcotic,
- pacifying,
- relaxing,
- sedative,
- tranquilizing
- (also tranquillizing)
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discomposing
verb
present participle of discompose
Synonyms & Antonyms of discomposing (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
- discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine
Synonyms for discomposing
- agitating,
- ailing,
- alarming
- (also alaruming),
- bothering,
- concerning,
- derailing,
- discomforting,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- distempering,
- distracting,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- exercising,
- flurrying,
- frazzling,
- freaking (out),
- fussing,
- hagriding,
- perturbing,
- undoing,
- unhinging,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- weirding out,
- worrying
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- aggravating,
- angering,
- annoying,
- bugging,
- chafing,
- chivying
- (or chivvying),
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- irking,
- irritating,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pestering,
- piquing,
- putting off,
- putting out,
- riling,
- vexing
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- calming,
- composing,
- quieting,
- settling,
- soothing,
- tranquilizing
- (also tranquillizing)
2
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
- the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers
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