Definitions for unsettle

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unsettle un·set·tle

Spelling: [uhn-set-l]

IPA: /ʌnˈsɛt l/

Unsettle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in unsettle (eelnsttu).

Definitions for unsettle

verb (used with object)

1. to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
2. to shake or weaken (beliefs, feelings, etc.); cause doubt or uncertainty about:
3. to vex or agitate the mind or emotions of; upset; discompose:

verb (used without object)

1. to become unfixed or disordered.

Origin of unsettle

First recorded in 1535-45; un-² + settle¹

Examples for unsettle

And, not knowing him so well as I did afterwards, I feared lest I should unsettle him.

If you move about much you're likely to unsettle the clot and start it again.

When I came she told me she hoped I had no relations to unsettle me.

He believed in education, provided it did not unsettle things.

Roberts has staked his survival on branding Orman with the label most likely to unsettle undecided Kansans.

In Europe it will unsettle every throne but one—that is, Israel, England.

Metaphysicians can unsettle things, but they can erect nothing.

Anything that could unsettle the public opinion in the capital was to be avoided.

She will unsettle half the young Sisters, and turn the heads of half the others.

I am unused to such as these, gentlemen,—they unsettle—they unman me.