Synonyms for unsettle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-set-l

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsɛt l

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Définition of unsettle

Origin : 1590s, "undo from a fixed position, from un- (2) + settle (v.). Of the mind, feelings, etc., attested from 1640s. Unsettled "not peaceful, not firmly established" is recorded from 1590s. Meaning "not occupied by settlers" is attested from 1724. Related: Unsettled; unsettling.

verb bother, upset

Example sentences :

I am unused to such as these, gentlemen,—they unsettle—they unman me.
Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever

Anything that could unsettle the public opinion in the capital was to be avoided.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

If you move about much you're likely to unsettle the clot and start it again.
Extract from : « The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters » by Charles Henry Lerrigo

And, not knowing him so well as I did afterwards, I feared lest I should unsettle him.
Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

She will unsettle half the young Sisters, and turn the heads of half the others.
Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt

In Europe it will unsettle every throne but one—that is, Israel, England.
Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild

He believed in education, provided it did not unsettle things.
Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick

Metaphysicians can unsettle things, but they can erect nothing.
Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou

When I came she told me she hoped I had no relations to unsettle me.
Extract from : « A Pair of Clogs » by Amy Walton

Do you go with us, and unsettle your mind for the university?
Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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