UNTUNE
Dictionary entry overview: What does untune mean?
• UNTUNE (verb)
The verb UNTUNE has 2 senses:
1. cause to lose one's composure
2. cause to be out of tune
Familiarity information: UNTUNE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNTUNE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to lose one's composure
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
discomfit; discompose; untune; disconcert; upset
Hypernyms (to "untune" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "untune"):
enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle (disturb the composure of)
dissolve (cause to lose control emotionally)
bemuse; bewilder; discombobulate; throw (cause to be confused emotionally)
abash; embarrass (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)
anguish; hurt; pain (cause emotional anguish or make miserable)
afflict (cause great unhappiness for; distress)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to be out of tune
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Don't untune that string!
Hypernyms (to "untune" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
tune (adjust the pitches of (musical instruments))
