取り乱す

とりみだす

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to go to pieces; to be shaken up; to break down; to be flustered; to blow one's cool
2. Godan verb, Transitive to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb; to scatter about

Kanji

• 取 take. Read as とり.
• 乱 disorder. Read as みだす.

Example sentences

• ボブは酷く取り乱していて、現実と虚構の区別がほとんど出来なかった。
  Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.
• あんな冷静な人が取り乱したなんて考えられない。
  It is unlikely that such a cool headed person got upset.

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