as in to disturb
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the news that the local grocery store had sold contaminated produce unsettled many shoppers
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Recent Examples of unsettle
His grief triggers unsettling visions, blurring the line between mourning and supernatural forces.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
That’s one of the questions that animates this off-kilter, unsettling series executive-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who directs several episodes, as does his daughter, filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
This unsettling development places perfectly qualified buyers in a precarious position.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
That’s one of the questions that animates this off-kilter, unsettling series executive-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who directs several episodes, as does his daughter, filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
This unsettling development places perfectly qualified buyers in a precarious position.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsettle
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The photos, not graphic but disturbing all the same, were allegedly taken at the scene of the Delphi murders — the double homicide of two best friends, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, in rural Delphi, Indiana, in 2017.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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The skit started with the actors seeming disturbed.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The next night, the same lineup will play in State College, Pennsylvania, and Johnson promises there will be no interviews distracting him from catching Keith’s performance.Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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But that’s a red herring—a way to distract policymakers from what’s really at fault.Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jeff Beal, owner of the Cigar Vault, said the business uses a ventilation system that recycles the air, so patrons of nearby businesses should not be bothered by the cigar smoke.Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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They cannot be bothered with solving the day-to-day needs-to-survive of their charges.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The dawning of his second term has invoked jubilation from those who welcome Trump back to the Oval Office and fear from those alarmed by his insulting rhetoric about political opponents, the media, migrants and others.Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2024
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Cases like these — and the slew of illicit shops padlocked by police on the local news — have the potential to alarm Americans who have only just begun to support the notion of legalization, and provide fuel for those who are opposed to it.Lavanya Ramanathan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Uribe, who signed the EPA petition, worries that his property’s value could be affected if a Superfund site is declared, or even that his property could be taken through eminent domain.Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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To those who struggled with it, don’t worry — there’s always next year.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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Guidelines concerning street cuts, which is the removal of any portion of the street surface, now guarantee roads are returned to original condition after the cuts are performed.Vivien Ayers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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That’s concerning because at that point in the startup journey, the companies should be transitioning from finding a product-market fit to developing robust sales pipelines and managing cash in a sustainable way.Marc Schröder, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The man was agitated and confused for the first 10 days of his hospital stay, but symptoms started to improve as his calcium levels dropped.Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
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As women began to agitate more for equal rights, however, Single Blessedness fell out of favor.Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Unsettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsettle. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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