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- DictionaryUn·set·tle/ˌənˈsed(ə)l/
verb
- 1. cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb: "the crisis has unsettled financial markets"
likely to change suddenly; not calm or having a regular pattern: a period of unsettled weather. an unsettled political climate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Changing. about-face. about-turn. alterable. altered. alternate. churn. disturb. make an about-turn. make something into something. malleable. metamorphose. morph. pervert.
adjective. /ʌnˈsetld/ (of a situation) that may change; making people uncertain about what might happen. These were difficult and unsettled times. The weather has been very unsettled (= it has changed a lot). Want to learn more?
continuously moving or changing; not situated in one place: an unsettled life. wavering or uncertain, as in opinions or behavior; unstable; erratic: an unsettled state of mind. Antonyms: stable. not populated or settled, as a region: an unsettled wilderness. undetermined, as a point at issue; undecided; doubtful:
likely to change suddenly; not calm or having a regular pattern: a period of unsettled weather. an unsettled political climate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Changing. about-face. about-turn. alterable. altered. alternate. disturb. drip. make an about-turn. make something into something. malleable. metamorphose. morph. pervert.
verb. These are words and phrases related to unsettle. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of unsettle. World conditions have unsettled the stock market. The lawyer's questioning unsettled the witness. Synonyms. make unstable. unbalance. disturb. perturb. upset. disorder. disconcert. confuse. bewilder.
View definitions for unsettle. unsettle. verb as in bother, upset. Compare Synonyms. Synonyms. Antonyms. Strongest matches. agitate. confuse. disconcert. disorganize. disquiet. disrupt. disturb. perturb. rattle. unnerve. Strong matches. derange. disarrange. disarray. discommode. discompose. disorder. displace. down. flurry. fluster. fuddle. jumble.
adjective. uk / ʌnˈset. ə l.ɪŋ / us / ʌnˈset̬. ə l.ɪŋ / unsettling adjective (CHANGING) Add to word list. causing change. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Upsetting and destabilizing. bring someone down. delegitimize. destabilization. destabilize. disruptively. diversionist. knock/throw someone for a loop idiom. loop. make waves idiom.
