Crossword clues for untune
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Untune \Un*tune"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tune.]
To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put
out of tune.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.
WordNet
v. cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, disconcert, discomfit]
cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" [ant: tune]
Usage examples of "untune".
Chesterfields grouped around the almost new Gothic fireplace in which stood a display of wintry sedge, by the unplayed, untuned harpsichord and the unused rosewood music stands, by the heavy velvet curtains, loosely restrained by an orange and blue tasseled rope, framing a partial view of cloudless sky and the yellow and gray mottled terrace where chamomile and feverfew grew between the paving cracks.
Wild, glancing, in tune yet untuned and untunable, like the silver thread of the brooklet through the grass, or the single changeless woodnote of the breeze wailing through the organ-harmonies of the midnight mass in a mountain-chapel.