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unsettle

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un·set·tle  (n-stl)
v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles
v.tr.
1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt.
2. To make uneasy; disturb.
v.intr.
To become unsettled.

un·settle·ment n.
un·settling·ly adv.

unsettle
Verb
[-tling, -tled]
1. to change or become changed from a fixed or settled condition
2. to confuse or agitate a person or the mind
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.unsettleunsettle - disturb the composure of            
unman - cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure

unsettle
verb disturb, trouble, upset, throw (informal) bother, confuse, disorder, rattle (informal) agitate, ruffle, unnerve, disconcert, unbalance, fluster, perturb, faze, throw into confusion, throw off balance, discompose, throw into disorder, throw into uproar
Translations
unsettle
v unsettle [anˈsetl]
to disturb or upset Will a change of schools unsettle the child?ontstel, steurيُشَوِّش، يُزْعِجпремествамrozrušitgøre usikker; gøre nervøsaus dem gewohnten Gleis werfenαναστατώνω, ξεσηκώνωperturbar, inquietarhäirimaآشفتنjärkyttääperturberלְעַרעֵר אֶת הַיְצִיבוּתअशान्त करना, अस्थिर करनाuznemiritimegzavarkoma úr jafnvægiturbare不安にするsutrikdytisatraukt; izsist no sliedēmmenggangguvan streek brengengjøre usikker/nervøszakłócić równowagę, rozstroićperturbara perturbaвыбивать из колеиrozrušiťvznemiritiuznemiritigöra osäker, oroaทำให้รู้สึกไม่มั่นคงtedirgin etmek, huzurunu kaçırmak使不安定засмучувати, розстроюватиذہن منتشر کرناlàm phá rối, bối rối使
adj unˈsettled
1 (of weather) changeable. veranderlikغَيْر مُسْتَقِر، مُتَغَيِّرзаменимnestálýustabilunbeständigάστατος (για τον καιρό)inestable, variableheitlikمتغییرepävakaainstableלא יָצִיבअस्थिर, अनिश्चितpromjenjivváltozékonybreytilegurvariabile, instabile不安定なnepastovusnepastāvīgs; mainīgsberubah-ubahwisselvalligustabilzmiennyinstávelschimbătorнеустойчивыйnestálynestanovitennestabilanostadigเปลี่ยนแปลงอยู่เสมอdeğişken易變的нестійкий; неусталенийتغير پذيرhay thay đổi
2 anxious or restless in an unsettled mood.versteurdقَلِق، مُضْطَرِبнеспокоенvzrušenýnervøsschwankendανήσυχοςagitado, inestablerahutuآشفتهlevotonagitéלא יָצִיבअस्थिरnemiran, tjeskobanzaklatott; labilisórólegur, í uppnámiagitato, sconvolto落着かないneramusnemierīgs; satrauktstdk tenangonzekerurolig, usikkerniespokojnyagitadoneliniştitбеспокойныйrozrušený, nevyrovnanýnemirenuznemirenorolig, ur gängornaที่วิตกกังวลhuzursuz, tedirgin動亂的неспокійний, неврівноваженийبے چينlo lắng, bồn chồn

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The glorious results may readily be imagined; a happy compound of strength and sweetness, enough to soothe the most ruffled temper and unsettle the most solid understanding.
Her smile however changed to a sigh when she remembered that promise to Willoughby was yet unfulfilled, and feared she had that to communicate which might again unsettle the mind of Marianne, and ruin at least for a time this fair prospect of busy tranquillity.
And such is their audacity, they even dare to unsettle the wits of gentlemen of birth and intelligence, as is shown plainly by the way they have served your worship, when they have brought you to such a pass that you have to be shut up in a cage and carried on an ox-cart as one would carry a lion or a tiger from place to place to make money by showing it.
 
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