discompose

This did not seem to discompose him; on the contrary, he looked rather amused.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

My approach seemed to discompose them not a little.

From Mr. Marx's Secret by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

It may be he is right: it is not for me to gainsay him, or to further discompose his temper, when all the evidence is so plainly visible.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

Oh," says Poole with a great laugh, "don't let that discompose you.

From A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Byron, May Clarissa Gillington

But you cannot upset the punt any more than you can discompose the Englishman; the punt simply upsets you without seeming to be aware of it.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

Without the injured Albiston, who had failed to emerge after the half-time break, they were crucially discomposed when Sulley took a corner in the sixtieth minute.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2016

As the poison of jealousy moves through his blood, Leontes’s seething monologues are accompanied by eerie, high-pitched strains in Keith Clouston’s score that cannily evoke the warped perspective of a discomposed mind.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2011

I found Senator Glass lying on top of his counterpane, angrily nursing a bandaged toe, his hair and his pillow and his pajama coat and the bedding discomposed as he tossed to and fro.

From Time Magazine Archive

He would call himself a Radical, and would not be greatly discomposed if someone called him a Socialist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Karkaroff, Harry saw, looked slightly discomposed to see them standing there.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Here, lines define the two figures while simultaneously discomposing and merging them.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

But the interlude, in itself discomposing, had composed my nerves for the while.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Of these some already have been touched by that breath of life which, blowing from Paris, has revolutionized painting without much discomposing the placid shallows of British culture.

From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive

"It probes the secrets of capitalism and labor, of politics and journalism with a surety and a conviction almost discomposing."

From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton

"Take time, Mr. Jones," said Mr. Subtle, kindly, fearful of ruffling or discomposing an important witness.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel