unsettle

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: un=set=tle

CIDE DICTIONARY

unsettle, v. t. [1st pref. un- + settle.].

 To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.  [1913 Webster]

unsettle, v. i. 

 To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unsettle, v.
1 tr. disturb the settled state or arrangement of; discompose.
2 tr. derange.
3 intr. become unsettled.

Derivative

unsettlement n.

THESAURUS

unsettle

addle, addle the wits, agitate, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, convulse, daze, dazzle, derange, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, disorient, disquiet, distract, disturb, electrify, embarrass, embroil, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, incommode, jar, jolt, jumble, knock galley-west, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, perplex, perturb, pother, psych, put out, raise hell, rattle, rock, ruffle, rummage, shake, shake up, shock, sicken, spook, stagger, stir, throw, throw into confusion, trouble, turn, unhinge, upset

ROGET THESAURUS

unsettle

Derangement

VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.