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un·set·tle
 unsettle
- pronunciation:
- uhn
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
unsettled, unsettles, unsettling |
| definition 1: |
to agitate or disturb the mind or emotions of; make uneasy, uncertain, or the like; upset.
I was unsettled by her disclosures.- synonyms:
- agitate, disquiet, disturb, shake, trouble, upset
- antonyms:
- settle, steady
- similar words:
- bother, discombobulate, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, fluster, fret, jangle, jar, perturb, rattle, rock, ruffle, unnerve
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| definition 2: |
to displace or disrupt.
- synonyms:
- disturb, unfix
- antonyms:
- settle, steady
- similar words:
- disarrange, dislodge, disorder, displace, disrupt, perturb, shake, trouble, unbalance, upset
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| related words: |
disarray, disorder, displace, disturb, fret, jangle, rock, stagger, startle, teeter, trouble, turn |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become unsettled, disrupted, or disturbed.
- synonyms:
- upset
- antonyms:
- settle, steady
- similar words:
- fluster, ruffle, startle, trouble
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| related words: |
fret, startle, trouble |
| derivation: |
unsettlement (n.) |
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