English

Verb

discomposing

1. present participle of discompose

Adjective

discomposing ‎(comparative more discomposing, superlative most discomposing)

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

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

   • 1900, George MacDonald, Paul Faber, Surgeon:

     The prospect was discomposing.

   • 1917, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152. January 17, 1917:

     The news has had a decidedly discomposing effect already.