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unsettle

/ʌnˈsɛtəl/

unsettle verb: to make upset or uncomfortable.

Verb

unsettle (third-person singular simple present unsettles, present participle unsettling, simple past and past participle unsettled)

  1. To make upset or uncomfortable
    • Don't unsettle the horses or they'll bolt.
    • Athletic have been showing signs of fatigue domestically and they never quite seemed to reach the same pitch of intensity that had so unsettled Manchester United and Schalke 04 in earlier rounds.2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian
    Antonyms:
    comfort, relieve, settle
  2. To bring into disorder or disarray
    Antonyms:
    array, order, settle

unsettle meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

unsettle in Urdu

پاؤں اکھاڑنا

unsettle in Malayalam

unnerve, discompose, upset
അസ്വസ്ഥപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഉത്കണ്ഠപ്പെടുത്തുക, അസ്വസ്ഥത ഉണ്ടാക്കുക, സ്വസ്ഥത നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തുക, സ്വസ്ഥത ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക, മനഃസമാധാനം നശിപ്പിക്കുക

unsettle in Punjabi

to unsettle, to cause to be diffident or waver
ਉਖਾੜਨਾ ukhāṛnā

Synonyms of unsettle

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Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of unsettle

Forms of unsettle

third-person singular presentunsettles
present participleunsettling
past participleunsettled
pastunsettled

Past tense of unsettle: unsettled

Origin of unsettle

From un- + settle.

Questions about unsettle

What does unsettle mean?
Unsettle means to make upset or uncomfortable.
What is unsettle in Urdu?
Unsettle in Urdu is پاؤں اکھاڑنا. See Unsettle meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is unsettle?
Unsettle is a verb.
How do you pronounce unsettle?
Unsettle is pronounced /ʌnˈsɛtəl/.
What is the past tense of unsettle?
The past tense of unsettle is unsettled.

Words near unsettle in the dictionary

  1. unsets
  2. unsets the table
  3. unsettable
  4. unsetting
  5. unsetting the table
  6. unsettle
  7. unsettleability
  8. unsettleable
  9. unsettled
  10. unsettledly
  11. unsettledness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsettle (page history and authors); unsettle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsettle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਉਖਾੜਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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