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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
P. G. Wodehouse

Meaning of "unsettle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNSETTLE

unsettle  [ʌnˈsɛtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSETTLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unsettle is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb unsettle in English.

WHAT DOES UNSETTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unsettle in the English dictionary

The definition of unsettle in the dictionary is to change or become changed from a fixed or settled condition. Other definition of unsettle is to confuse or agitate.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNSETTLE

PRESENT

Present
I unsettle
you unsettle
he/she/it unsettles
we unsettle
you unsettle
they unsettle
Present continuous
I am unsettling
you are unsettling
he/she/it is unsettling
we are unsettling
you are unsettling
they are unsettling
Present perfect
I have unsettled
you have unsettled
he/she/it has unsettled
we have unsettled
you have unsettled
they have unsettled
Present perfect continuous
I have been unsettling
you have been unsettling
he/she/it has been unsettling
we have been unsettling
you have been unsettling
they have been unsettling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I unsettled
you unsettled
he/she/it unsettled
we unsettled
you unsettled
they unsettled
Past continuous
I was unsettling
you were unsettling
he/she/it was unsettling
we were unsettling
you were unsettling
they were unsettling
Past perfect
I had unsettled
you had unsettled
he/she/it had unsettled
we had unsettled
you had unsettled
they had unsettled
Past perfect continuous
I had been unsettling
you had been unsettling
he/she/it had been unsettling
we had been unsettling
you had been unsettling
they had been unsettling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will unsettle
you will unsettle
he/she/it will unsettle
we will unsettle
you will unsettle
they will unsettle
Future continuous
I will be unsettling
you will be unsettling
he/she/it will be unsettling
we will be unsettling
you will be unsettling
they will be unsettling
Future perfect
I will have unsettled
you will have unsettled
he/she/it will have unsettled
we will have unsettled
you will have unsettled
they will have unsettled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been unsettling
you will have been unsettling
he/she/it will have been unsettling
we will have been unsettling
you will have been unsettling
they will have been unsettling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would unsettle
you would unsettle
he/she/it would unsettle
we would unsettle
you would unsettle
they would unsettle
Conditional continuous
I would be unsettling
you would be unsettling
he/she/it would be unsettling
we would be unsettling
you would be unsettling
they would be unsettling
Conditional perfect
I would have unsettle
you would have unsettle
he/she/it would have unsettle
we would have unsettle
you would have unsettle
they would have unsettle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been unsettling
you would have been unsettling
he/she/it would have been unsettling
we would have been unsettling
you would have been unsettling
they would have been unsettling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you unsettle
we let´s unsettle
you unsettle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to unsettle
Past participle
unsettled
Present Participle
unsettling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSETTLE


abettal
əˈbɛtəl
fettle
ˈfɛtəl
gunmetal
ˈɡʌnˌmɛtəl
heavy-metal
ˈhɛvɪˈmɛtəl
kettle
ˈkɛtəl
metal
ˈmɛtəl
mettle
ˈmɛtəl
nettle
ˈnɛtəl
nonmetal
nɒnˈmɛtəl
nu-metal
ˌnjuːˈmɛtəl
petal
ˈpɛtəl
presettle
priːˈsɛtəl
prometal
prəʊˈmɛtəl
resettle
riːˈsɛtəl
settle
ˈsɛtəl
shtetel
ˈʃtɛtəl
teakettle
ˈtiːˌkɛtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSETTLE

unsentenced
unsentimental
unseparable
unseparated
unsepulchred
unserious
unseriousness
unserved
unserviceable
unset
unsettled
unsettledly
unsettledness
unsettlement
unsettling
unsettlingly
unsevered
unsew
unsex
unsexed

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSETTLE

bottle
cattle
dead-nettle
ettle
fish kettle
grasp the nettle
hemp nettle
horse nettle
little
not a little
on one´s mettle
pettle
quite a little
rattle
Seattle
shuttle
stinging nettle
the bottle
throttle
water bottle

Synonyms and antonyms of unsettle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNSETTLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unsettle» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unsettle

Translation of «unsettle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNSETTLE

Find out the translation of unsettle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unsettle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unsettle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使不安
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intranquilizar
570 millions of speakers

English

unsettle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्थिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زعزعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выбить из колеи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inquietar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিষ্ঠ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perturber
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengganggu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verstören
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不安にする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불안하게 하다.
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unsettle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm lung lay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலைகொள்ளவிடாமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्थिरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düzenini bozmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mettere in agitazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zachwiać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вибити з колії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tulbura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλονίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weifelen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unsettle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uroe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unsettle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSETTLE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSETTLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unsettle

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4 QUOTES WITH «UNSETTLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unsettle.
1
Barbara Broccoli
Every 20 minutes you've got to have a bump, you've got to have a change in course, you've got to unsettle the audience. It can't be too predictable so something has to happen. I think that was something that Hitchcock did very well too. You couldn't let an audience feel too settled in.
2
Robert M. Hutchins
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.
3
Robert M. Hutchins
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
4
P. G. Wodehouse
Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSETTLE»

Discover the use of unsettle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unsettle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Narratives of Citizenship: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples ...
Examining various cultural products—music, cartoons, travel guides, ideographic treaties, film, and especially the literary arts—the contributors of these thirteen essays invite readers to conceptualize citizenship as a narrative ...
Aloys N.M. Fleischmann, Nancy Van Styvendale, Cody McCarroll, 2012
2
Does Public Disagreement on Monetary Policy Unsettle the ...
Publication of minutes of monthly monetary policy meetings between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England was a conspicuous feature of the United Kingdom’s inflation targeting framework from 1994 through ...
Timothy David Lane, Hossein Samiei, 1997
3
Cauchy3-Essay-4: Settle the Unsettle
I do not write for hobby horses.
Cheung Shun Sang, 2013
4
Oxford Thesaurus of English
unsettle. verb all this talk ofdeath was unsettling him: discompose, unnerve, upset , disturb, disquiet, make anxious, make uneasy, perturb, discomfit, disconcert, alarm, confuse, nonplus, bewilder, confound, perplex; daunt, dismay, trouble, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
5
The life and labours of Adam Clarke. To which is added an ...
We exceedingly deprecate.' says he, ' these attempts to unsettle the minds of ordinary Christians on subjects so sacred as that in question.' Just so did the Jewish priests exceedingly deprecate the attempt which our Lord made to unsettle the ...
Adam Clarke, 1834
6
Cobbett's Legacy to Lords: being six lectures on the history ...
I see the busy spirits that are at work to "unsettle the public mind and heave the nation." The letter I refer to answered the speech at length, and two paragraphs which I select from the matter it contains upon this particular passage will suffice for ...
William Cobbett, 1863
7
New Monthly Magazine
Well, my lord, if Lord Eldon did not unsettle it, your lordship, I have no doubt, will." " Perhaps so, when I have heard what you have to say." And the end is that his lordship not merely turns Lord Thurlow's law topsy-turvy, but Lord Eldon's also, ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1842
8
Unsettling Accounts: Neither Truth Nor Reconciliation in ...
Their confessions do not settle accounts with the past; rather, they unsettle them. Perpetrators' confessions unsettle listeners, who learn disturbing and lurid details of past authoritarian state violence, sometimes for the first time. They unsettle ...
Leigh A. Payne, 2008
9
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, ...
They urge that God left nothing in his word undescribed, nothing unset down ; and therefore charged them strictly to keep themselves unto that without any alteration. Hooker. To UNSETTLE, v. a. To make uncertain.— Such a doctrine unsettles ...
‎1829
10
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
... that the best understanding prevails between the proprietary body and the peasantry, notwithstanding the persevering efforts of hired and unprincipled agents from the sister Colonies to unsettle the minds of the latter, and to seduce them to ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1842

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSETTLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unsettle is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Putin Tries to Unsettle Ukraine With Fake Demonstrations
A Russian-language Pervy Baltiysky Kanal (PBK) technician supervises the broadcast of Russia's TV content in Riga January 26, 2015. Russian TV has been ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
Raging Bull Markets: How Young Men's Hormones Unsettle Finance
Want to calm financial markets? Add more women and older people to the young men on trading desks. That's one recommendation from research into the role ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
3
Need to unsettle Yasir Shah - Silva
Scoring more frequently off Yasir Shah may be Sri Lanka's best chance of neutralising him, opener Kaushal Silva said ahead of the second Test in Colombo, ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»
4
Lazio fuming with QPR over underhanded attempts to unsettle Ravel …
Lazio are furious with Queens Park Rangers for what they believe is the Championship club's attempts to unsettle midfielder Ravel Morrison. And the Italian side ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
Researchers Unsettle Science: Brain Linked To Immune System Via …
A major discovery in the fight against neurological diseases was made by researchers who found lymphatic vessels connected to the brain that somehow ... «The Inquisitr, Jun 15»
6
Don't Sweat the Fed: A US Rate Increase Won't Unsettle Markets
The first rate increase by the Fed in over a decade won't unsettle markets. It's been a long time coming, and the expected rarely trips up investors. Sure, to the ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
7
Longer PAT won't unsettle Carpenter
Longer PAT won't unsettle Carpenter. James P. McCoy/Buffalo News. By Jay Skurski. Updated 11:13 PM , May 20, 2015. The Buffalo Bills shouldn't have much ... «Bills Blitz - The Buffalo News, May 15»
8
Macro Horizons: Surging Bond Yields Unsettle Markets But Could …
Macro Horizons covers the main macroeconomic and policy news events affecting foreign-exchange, fixed income and equity markets around the world, ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
9
US trade data unsettle stocks and dollar
Tuesday 21:00 BST. Concerns that the US economy might have made an even weaker start to the year than initially thought provided a negative backdrop for ... «Financial Times, May 15»
10
With SUVs, Chinese carmakers at last unsettle foreign brands
BEIJING, April 17 Two years ago, just one Chinese SUV ranked among the country's top-10. In the first three months of this year, that number jumped to eight - a ... «Reuters, Apr 15»

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