Synonyms of unsettles

unsettles

verb

present tense third-person singular of unsettle

as in disturbs

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

the news that the local grocery store had sold contaminated produce unsettled many shoppers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbs
• bothers
• distracts
• worries
• concerns
• alarms
• angers
• agitates
• haunts
• upsets
• perturbs
• dismays
• annoys
• disquiets
• distresses
• unhinges
• plagues
• irritates
• confuses
• derails
• undoes
• embarrasses
• ails
• rattles
• frazzles
• exasperates
• discomforts
• fusses
• aggravates
• discomposes
• vexes
• exercises
• freaks (out)
• distempers
• irks
• flurries
• riles
• harasses
• discourages
• pesters
• weirds out
• bedevils
• bugs
• disconcerts
• piques
• harries
• chafes
• flusters
• confounds
• hagrides
• unnerves
• discomfits
• mortifies
• grates
• gets
• frets
• disheartens
• fazes
• daunts
• peeves
• galls
• nettles
• puts off
• demoralizes
• puts out
• chivies
• discountenances
• abashes
• jars
• dispirits
• shakes up
• nonpluses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settles
• soothes
• calms
• quiets
• composes
• alleviates
• allays
• assuages
• tranquilizes
• appeases
• pacifies
• placates
• mollifies
• conciliates
• propitiates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unsettles

Spry said the attacker could have targeted any neighborhood residents — a thought that still unsettles her, given how easily the situation could have escalated. — Doha Madani, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026

That is precisely the capability that unsettles underwriters, because an agent that can decide is an agent that can decide wrongly, and fast. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

But Hyd unsettles this arrangement with their deadpan affect, playing the part of a mourning truth-seeker trying to live in the moment. — H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026

Her healing skills soon prove invaluable, but her wild, curious nature unsettles the monks as an evil count threatens to destroy anyone who dares protect her. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 19 May 2026

His decision to pull out of the house sales upends an entire property chain, as his manipulative nature unsettles those around him. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 May 2026

After a chance encounter with a group of influencers in their twenties who are passing through town, Ernie invites them into his home – a decision that unsettles the fragile world he’s spent years trying to exist within. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026

An unexpected visitor at the ER later unsettles both patients and staff. — Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026

That’s because Texas terrorizes people from start to finish with its tenacious, arm-waving, in-your-face defense that completely unsettles opponents and takes them out of their offense. — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026