Unsettle
verb (used with object), unsettled, unsettling.
1.
to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
Violence unsettled the government.
2.
to shake or weaken (beliefs, feelings, etc.); cause doubt or uncertainty about:
doubts unsettling his religious convictions.
3.
to vex or agitate the mind or emotions of; upset; discompose:
The quarrel unsettled her.
verb (used without object), unsettled, unsettling.
4.
to become unfixed or disordered.
verb
1.
(usually transitive) to change or become changed from a fixed or settled condition
2.
(transitive) to confuse or agitate (emotions, the mind, etc)
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