unsettle

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"It may upset you; it may unsettle--prove a shock perhaps.

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  1. transitive verb To displace from a settled condition; disrupt.
  2. transitive verb To make uneasy; disturb.
  3. intransitive verb To become unsettled.

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  • Levi says his work is designed to 'unsettle' viewers by challenging preconceptions of certain materials and objects. —  Home | Mail Online
  • Barry Ferguson's agent says he received instruction to find a new club for his client, amid accusations of trying to unsettle the Rangers star. —  TEAMtalk Football News
  • It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Specifically to keep it secret from the press lest word of it further unsettle an already rattled city. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • But Evans warned that the changes needed to create a single regulator "could further unsettle the capital markets" and argued instead for an expansion of the "passport" system in which a company can submit regulatory filings in one province and, should they be accepted, be recognized by all other jurisdictions. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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disturb ·  uncertain ·  uneasy ·  frighten ·  depress ·  perplex ·  disconcert ·  unsatisfactory ·  embarrass ·  excite ·  unfamiliar ·  hostile

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unsettle:   unsettled ·  unsettling
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/ənˈsɛtl/
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