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Antonyms for attune

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-toon, uh-tyoon
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtun, əˈtyun

Definition of attune

Origin :
  • 1590s, from tune (v.), "probably suggested by ATONE" [OED]. Related: Attuned; attuning.
  • verb adjust
Example sentences :
  • But there is nothing to which humanity cannot attune itself.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
  • I wanted that the angels that had ministered to my spirit should attune theirs also.
  • Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull
  • It is wonderful, indeed, to see how humanity can attune itself to a situation.
  • Extract from : « Sketches In The House (1893) » by T. P. O'Connor
  • Nature brooks no delay, and the disharmonic organism must attune itself or perish.
  • Extract from : « The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy » by Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
  • Leaning back against the rock wall, Blachland began to attune himself to the situation.
  • Extract from : « The Triumph of Hilary Blachland » by Bertram Mitford
  • It is because we can hear ourselves speak that we attune our voices to pleasant sounds.
  • Extract from : « Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
  • But may neither gold in my house be be my lot, nor to attune the strain more sweet than Orpheus, if my fortune be not conspicuous.
  • Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
  • The war was over; she had lost her cause; and with her life all out of attune with her surroundings she must face the inevitable.
  • Extract from : « Joscelyn Cheshire » by Sara Beaumont Kennedy
  • Up there a man might attune himself to the message of the stars—might weigh duty against duty in the balance of the infinite.
  • Extract from : « Swirling Waters » by Max Rittenberg
  • When I was alone I examined the walls, the furniture, the general aspect of the room, in order to attune my mind to it.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 9 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant

Synonyms for attune

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