discomposure

NOUN
  1. a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure
  2. anxious embarrassment
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How To Use discomposure In A Sentence

  • Her discomposure was a clear pain to herself; she had had a shock of extreme violence, and Nick saw that as Miriam showed no symptom of offering to give up her sitting her stay would be of the briefest. The Tragic Muse
  • Her attention was distracted just then by the appearance of a small child in the doorway, and she pulled away from her brother without noticing his discomposure. Sick Cycle Carousel
  • Manda felt her face flushed at her discomposure.
  • But the next moment he was himself disturbed by it, and showed discomposure; for this was the only service he had been permitted to do with his own hands during the meal, and he did not doubt that he had done a most improper and unprincely thing. The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages
  • Apparently, the whole school knew about my little discomposure.
  • Reymus watched William leave with a concerned gaze and his pale, silver-blue eyes shone with the slightest bit of discomposure.
  • Heledd, without haste or discomposure, gave them a slight, curt inclination of her head to share between them, and turned and walked away. His Disposition
  • Excuse, madam, a little innocent raillery I met you both, with a discomposure on your counte-nances. Sir Charles Grandison
  • ‘Thank you,’ Hale sputtered in his own discomposure.
  • This must have been owing to her recollection of the audacious stranger in the neighbouring turret at the Fleur de Lys; but did that discomposure express displeasure? Quentin Durward
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