UNTUNE

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 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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they untune    ... he / she / it untunes   
Past simple: untuned   
Past participle: untuned   
-ing form: untuning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to lose one's composure

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; 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)

inhibit (make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally)

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

Sense 2

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))