unsettle

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy the news that the local grocery store had sold contaminated produce unsettled many shoppers Synonyms of unsettle agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, disturb, upset, weird out, worryWords Related to unsettle aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex; bedevil, haunt, plague; abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerveNear Antonyms of unsettle allay, alleviate, assuage; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiateAntonyms of unsettle calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)