Unsettle

//ʌnˈsɛtəl//

Synonyms for "unsettle" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

agitate disturb perturb ruffle upset addle addle the wits alarm arouse ball up becloud bedazzle befuddle bewilder bother bug cloud

Verb(5 words)

discompose agitate betumble bother bring down

Strong matches (33)

Related words (55)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries

discomfit discompose disconcert untune upset

Antonyms

1 entries

settle

Synonyms

9 entries

agitate alarm arouse disturb faze perturb ruffle upset worry

derived from

1 entries

settle

related to

4 entries

disarray disorder uncomfortable upset

Translations

5 translations across 3 languages.

Māori

2 entries

kōnatunatu verb (to make upset or uncomfortable)
whakahārangi verb (to make upset or uncomfortable)

Portuguese

2 entries

inquietar verb (to make upset or uncomfortable)
perturbar verb (to make upset or uncomfortable)

Spanish

1 entries

inquietar verb (to make upset or uncomfortable)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What Tom said cannot unsettle me.

Source: tatoeba (11948123)

The building, rather than the exhibition as a whole, is intended to disturb and unsettle - a reminder of what Jews went through during the Holocaust or in exile.

Source: tatoeba (12404000)

Don't unsettle the horses or they'll bolt.

Source: wiktionary

Athletic have been showing signs of fatigue domestically and they never quite seemed to reach the same pitch of intensity that had so unsettled Manchester United and Schalke 04 in earlier rounds.

Source: wiktionary

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