UNTUNE

untune

(verb) cause to be out of tune; “Don’t untune that string!”

upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit

(verb) cause to lose one’s composure

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

untune (third-person singular simple present untunes, present participle untuning, simple past and past participle untuned)

(transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.

Synonyms

• detune

• distune

Source: Wiktionary


Un*tune", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + tune.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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