unsettle

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un·set·tle / ˌənˈsetl/ • v. [tr.] cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb: the crisis has unsettled financial markets | [as adj.] (unsettling) an unsettling conversation. DERIVATIVES: un·set·tle·ment n.un·set·tling·ly adv.

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