Unsettle
[ʌn'set(ə)l] or [,ʌn'sɛtl]
Definition
(v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
(v. i.) To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.
Checked by Conan
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Derange, disturb, disconcert, unfix, confuse, disorder, throw into disorder.
Typist: Melba
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disturb, derange, displace, ruffle,[See VISIBLE]
Checker: Maryann
Definition
v.t. to move from being settled: to make uncertain.—v.i. to become unfixed.—adj. Unsett′led not settled fixed or determined: changeable; not having the dregs deposited: not yet inhabited and cultivated: turbulent lawless.—adv. Unsett′ledly.—ns. Unsett′ledness; Unsett′lement.—adj. Unsett′ling.
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- But you will unsettle her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Unsettled weather, a long journey, uncertain means of travelling, a disorganised country, a city that may not be even safe for you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A wild, unsettled morning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This was always my cordial, to which, like other dram-drinkers, I had eager recourse when unsettled by chagrin. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am too unsettled even for that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At last I began to believe, that, in the flighty and unsettled state of his mind, he had either forgotten his intention or abandoned it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If I get a little thin, it is with anxiety about my prospects, yet unsettled--my departure, continually procrastinated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It unsettled Miss Verinder's house, and it would end in unsettling Miss Verinder herself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It unsettled Miss Verinder's house, and it would end in unsettling Miss Verinder herself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But such things were inconceivable in New York, and unsettling to think of. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But the very looks of you are unsettling, Mrs. Bagnet rejoins. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She has the art of disturbing my happiness and unsettling my opinions. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Paul absorbed all feverish and unsettling influences like a magnet, and left me none but such as were placid and harmonious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I can give no better reason for it than that I have been over-anxious about Laura lately--and anxiety, Mr. Gilmore, unsettles the strongest of us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Besides, I find it unsettles me more and more to be so constantly upon the scene of action. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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