to untune

Examples

• All

• It takes a great shock to untune her normally placid demeanor.

• Grief can untune a person's inner harmony, leaving them vulnerable and shaken.

• Don't untune your focus during the exam!

• She untunes her emotions easily.

• The unexpected criticism untuned her confidence, leaving her unsure of her abilities.

• His harsh words were enough to untune her emotional balance in that moment.

• The news of the accident untuned their previously cheerful spirits.

Synonyms

U

to upset

vsto untune

362 1.0

Make someone feel sad or worried

focuses more on losing composure and overall emotional stability

T

to throw

vsto untune

321 7.8

To make someone feel confused or unsure

is used more widely for provoking sustained emotional instability

S

to shake up

vsto untune

41 4.2

To upset someone strongly and change how they feel

is less intense, meaning loss of composure without necessarily profound impact

U

to unnerve

vsto untune

20 6.3

To make someone feel nervous and less confident

covers losing overall emotional balance rather than just confidence loss

D

to disconcert

vsto untune

7 7.1

To make someone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed

denotes a broader disruption of emotional stability, not only brief embarrassment

U

to unsettle

vsto untune

7 4.9

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

emphasizes causing loss of steadiness in feelings rather than only anxiety

D

to discompose

vsto untune

1 9.1

To make someone feel nervous

is the general act of causing emotional imbalance rather than just unease

U

to unhinge

vsto untune

1 7.9

To make someone very upset or unable to think clearly

is milder, referring to loss of composure rather than deep mental disorder

D

to discomfit

vsto untune

• Formal

1 8.4

To make someone feel uncomfortable, confused, or embarrassed

focuses more broadly on causing emotional instability not only embarrassment

U

to unman

vsto untune

1 8.8

To make someone lose courage or confidence

relates to general emotional destabilization rather than loss of bravery specifically

U

to unfix

vsto untune

9.1

Make someone feel upset and unable to think clearly

is used more generally for causing emotional unsettlement

U

to unglue

vsto untune

• Informal

7.5

To make someone lose control of their feelings

is a broader term for causing emotional instability rather than this phrasing

U

to unstill

vsto untune

9.9

Make people and places feel restless or worried

refers more generally to causing emotional instability rather than restlessness alone

T

to throw off keel

vsto untune

8.1

Cause someone to feel confused and upset

is broader, covering less extreme forms of emotional disturbance

Antonyms

C

to compose

33 4.7

To calm yourself after strong feelings

How Calm

to soothe

63 3.4

to settle

540 2.8

to unsettle

7 4.9

to untune

• Archaic

8.9

to shake

410 5.3

to overwhelm

164 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology