unsettle
11unsettle — Date: 1598 transitive verb 1. to loosen or move from a settled state or condition ; make unstable ; disorder 2. to perturb or agitate mentally or emotionally ; discompose intransitive verb to become unsettled …
12unsettle — /un set l/, v., unsettled, unsettling. v.t. 1. to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government. 2. to shake or weaken (beliefs, feelings, etc.); cause… …
13unsettle — Synonyms and related words: addle, addle the wits, agitate, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, convulse, daze, dazzle, derange, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate, discomfit, discommode, discompose,… …
14unsettle — v. (R) it unsettled me to see them quarrel * * * [ʌn setl] (R) it unsettled me to see them quarrel …
15unsettle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. upset, disturb, disarrange, displace; unhinge, derange, unbalance. See disorder, surprise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disrupt, displace, disarrange; see bother 2 , 3 , disturb 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
16unsettle — un|set|tle [ʌnˈsetl] v [T] to make someone feel slightly nervous, worried, or upset ▪ The sudden changes unsettled Judy …
17unsettle — un|set|tle [ ʌn setl ] verb transitive to make someone feel nervous, confused, or upset: The experience unsettled her profoundly …
18unsettle — [[t]ʌ̱nse̱t(ə)l[/t]] unsettles, unsettling, unsettled VERB If something unsettles you, it makes you feel rather worried or uncertain. [V n] The presence of the two policemen unsettled her. Syn: disturb …
19unsettle — v. disturb; confuse; cause worry …
20unsettle — verb make anxious or uneasy; disturb. Derivatives unsettlement noun unsettling adjective unsettlingly adverb …
