Discommunity
(Dis`com*mu"ni*ty) n. A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.
Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development
does not prove discommunity of descent.
Darwin. Discompany
(Dis*com"pa*ny) v. t. To free from company; to dissociate. [R.]
It she be alone now, and discompanied.
B. Jonson. Discomplexion
(Dis`com*plex"ion) v. t. To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Discompliance
(Dis`com*pli"ance) n. Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.
A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor.
Pepys. Discompose
(Dis`com*pose") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing.]
[Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. décomposer.]
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.
Discomposed
(Dis`com*posed") a. Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. — Dis`com*pos"ed*ly adv. —
Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.
Discomposition
(Dis*com`po*si"tion) n. Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.
Discomposure
(Dis`com*po"sure) n.
1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
No discomposure stirred her features.
Akenside. 2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] Boyle.
Discompt
(Dis*compt") v. t. [See Discount.] To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.
Disconcert
(Dis`con*cert") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref.
dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. déconcerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted
the plans of his enemy.
2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn
and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
Thackeray. Syn. — To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.
