Crossword clues for unsettle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unsettle \Un*set"tle\, v. i.
To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.
--Shak.
Unsettle \Un*set"tle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + settle.] To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. To make upset or uncomfortable
WordNet
Usage examples of "unsettle".
Though perplexing to his palate, it was anything but unpleasant, despite the immediate and unsettling proximity of its ambulatory alien origins.
Sitting alone in the darkness amplified the torpor that had pervaded me, and though I sensed certain unsettling dissonances surrounding what had just taken place, I was not sufficiently alert to consider them as other than aggravations.
There was something unsettling about the Tonton Macoute sitting in the corner of the lounge, watching them from behind his dark glasses with the unblinking patience of a snake.
But Lance had discovered early on in his friendship with Rafe Mortmain that the man enjoyed nothing so much as unsettling people.
Their intention to pummel the obstreperous Klegl severely was forgotten as soon as they saw what had so unsettled him.
A true paradoxist unsettles those who take his meaning too seriously, as well as those who do not take it seriously enough.
Later these ridges had been eroded away to peneplain by the pounding of unsettled water.
Chinese authorities, during the anomalous and unsettled state of our relations with the emperor, Sir Henry Pottinger embarked for Hong-Kong, whither Sir William Parker had preceded him.
Hence a protectionist agitation pervaded the country, unsettling the minds of the farmers, inspiring false hopes, irritating the trading classes, producing counter agitation, and by all these means inflicting injury upon the country.
Considering the unsettled state of almost every part of the world, I think I would as soon cast my lot in Nova Scotia as in any part I know of.
The shock of a rude fall unsettles the nerves and affects those delicate sensitory ganglia whose messages control the brain of a swordsman.
She questioned him with an avidity the thaumaturge might have found unsettling in another person.
I must admit I was unsettled by the parody of my name being used in a trashy novel, but the whole thing was nonsense.
She brought her braid forward and unplaited it in order to hide how unsettled he made her.
It had been an odd and unsettling experience talking to a Venie again.