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Untune

To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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Manner of action 15

Abash 76% connected

To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame…

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Afflict 76% connected

To strike or cast down; to overthrow.

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Anguish 76% connected

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

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Bemuse 76% connected

To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.

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Bewilder 76% connected

To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dissolve 76% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Embarrass 76% connected

To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert;…

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Enervate 76% connected

To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Faze 76% connected

See Feeze.

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Inhibit 76% connected

To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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Pain 76% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Unnerve 76% connected

To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.

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Unsettle 76% connected

To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

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Broader term 11

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elicit 76% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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Enkindle 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Kindle 76% connected

To bring forth young.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Disconcertion 74% connected

The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disconcertion 74% connected

The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Discomfit 92% connected

To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discompose 92% connected

To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disconcert 92% connected

To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upset 92% connected

To set up; to put upright.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Tune 94% connected

A sound; a note; a tone.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Tune 94% connected

A sound; a note; a tone.

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