Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To change from a settled condition; disrupt.
- transitive verb To make uneasy; disturb.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To change from a settled state; make to be no longer fixed, steady, or established; unhinge; make uncertain or fluctuating: as, to
unsettle doctrines or opinions. - To move from a place; remove. To disorder; derange; make mad: as, to
unsettle a person's intellect. - To become unfixed; give way; be disordered.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
- intransitive verb To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make
upset oruncomfortable - verb To bring into
disorder ordisarray
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb disturb the composure of
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Examples
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Levi says his work is designed to 'unsettle' viewers by challenging preconceptions of certain materials and objects.
Archive 2009-03-08 Tyler 2009
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Levi says his work is designed to 'unsettle' viewers by challenging preconceptions of certain materials and objects.
Guy glues stuff to head, calls it art. Tyler likey. Tyler 2009
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He finally conceded this remains an "unsettle" question in the courts.
Conyers Staffer Says They Are Choosing to Let Bush Continue Violating Laws 2008
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I also remarked a singular timidity on his part lest somebody should "unsettle" somebody's faith, -- as if faith did not require exercise as much as any other living thing, and were not all the better for a shaking up now and then.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various
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Bent was honestly distressed at his own state of mind: he had feared that Harry Spink would "unsettle" Mr. Blandhorn, and, instead, it was he himself who had been unsettled.
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I also remarked a singular timidity on his part lest somebody should "unsettle" somebody's faith, -- as if faith did not require exercise as much as any other living thing, and were not all the better for a shaking up now and then.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I also remarked a singular timidity on his part lest somebody should "unsettle" somebody's faith, -- as if faith did not require exercise as much as any other living thing, and were not all the better for a shaking up now and then.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Finance Ministry to retain the stimulus package in the forthcoming budget, stating that its withdrawal may "unsettle" the industry
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Finance Ministry to retain the stimulus package in the forthcoming budget, stating that its withdrawal may "unsettle" the industry LONDON -- European stock markets closed higher after data showed the U.S.
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Finance Ministry to retain the stimulus package in the forthcoming budget, stating that its withdrawal may "unsettle" the industry economy will grow at 7. 2% in 2009-10, said the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on Monday in its advance estimate, compared to the
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