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unsettle
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.
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, upsetROGET 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.For further exploring for "unsettle" in Webster Dictionary Online