Unsettled - English meaning

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

verb

To argue energetically, esp. in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change

Usage examples:

Telephone companies began to agitate for permission to compete in long distance services., any ment…

verb

To make someone feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.

adjective

Without purpose or direction.

Usage examples:

An aimless existence

adjective

Without having any clear purpose or specific reason

Usage examples:

Aimless violence

adjective

Without any clear intentions, purpose, or direction

Usage examples:

She said that her life seemed aimless after her children left home.

noun

An anxious awareness of danger.

Usage examples:

The boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

noun

Sudden anxiety and fear, esp. that something very bad or dangerous might happen

Usage examples:

Nicholas detected a note of alarm in her voice., firefighters said the tragedy could have been avoi…

adjective

Able to be argued or asserted.

Usage examples:

It was arguable that the bank had no authority to honour the cheques

adjective

Possible to give reasons for and against; debatable

Usage examples:

It’s arguable that another route would be just as bad.

adjective

If something is arguable, there could be some disagreement about it

Usage examples:

It is arguable which way is quicker.

verb

Cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused.

Usage examples:

She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood

verb

To confuse someone

Usage examples:

The instructions completely bewildered me.

verb

Take the trouble to do something.

Usage examples:

Scientists rarely bother with such niceties

noun

Effort, trouble, or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech

exclamation

Used to express mild irritation or impatience.

Usage examples:

‘bother!’ she muttered

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

To confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation

Usage examples:

Confound someone by doing something a man has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officia…

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

verb

To mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You're confusing him! tell him slowly and one thing at a time., stop confusing the issue (= making …

verb

Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.

Usage examples:

Some people are daunted by technology

verb

To make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about his or her ability to achieve something; to discourage

Usage examples:

She’s not at all daunted by criticism., reforming the welfare system is a daunting task.

verb

To make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about their ability to achieve something

Usage examples:

She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.

adjective

Open to discussion or argument.

Usage examples:

It is debatable whether the country is coming out of recession

adjective

Not clear, not certain, or not fixed; possibly not true

Usage examples:

It’s debatable whether he could get a fair trial here.

adjective

Not clear or certain because different people may have different opinions

Usage examples:

[ + question word ] it's debatable whether a university degree helps at all., the value of some of …

verb

Substantially reduce the population of (an area).

Usage examples:

The disease could depopulate a town the size of bournemouth

verb

Past simple and past participle of depopulate

Usage examples:

The region was depopulated by disease/famine/war.

verb

To cause a country or area to have fewer people living in it

Usage examples:

The region was depopulated by disease/famine/war.

adjective

(of a place) empty of people.

Usage examples:

Deserted beaches of soft sand

verb

Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.

Usage examples:

We feel our public representatives have deserted us

adjective

Having no people or things in it; empty

Usage examples:

These resort towns are largely deserted in winter., we parked in a deserted lot near the river.

adjective

(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

Usage examples:

A desolate pennine moor

verb

Make (a place) appear bleakly empty.

Usage examples:

The droughts that desolated the dry plains

adjective

(of a place) having no living things; empty

Usage examples:

A desolate landscape, when her son left for a year abroad, she felt desolate.

adjective

Lacking in general aim or purpose.

Usage examples:

Music which bordered on directionless experimentalism

adjective

Not knowing what to do or what you want to do

verb

Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.

Usage examples:

He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone

verb

To make someone feel uncomfortable, especially mentally

verb

Disturb the composure of; unsettle.

Usage examples:

The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her

verb

To make someone feel suddenly uncertain or worried

Usage examples:

He was disconcerted by all the attention he was getting., so this deliberate lack of interest in no…

verb

To make someone feel suddenly uncertain and worried

Usage examples:

The whole experience had disconcerted him.

noun

Concern and distress caused by something unexpected.

Usage examples:

To his dismay, she left him

verb

Cause (someone) to feel concern and distress.

Usage examples:

They were dismayed by the u-turn in policy

noun

A feeling of shock and unhappiness

Usage examples:

She discovered, to her dismay, that she had locked her keys inside her car., they enjoyed the meal …

verb

Argue about (something).

Usage examples:

The point has been much disputed

noun

A disagreement or argument.

Usage examples:

A territorial dispute between the two countries

noun

A disagreement or argument.

Usage examples:

A territorial dispute between the two countries

noun

A feeling of worry or unease.

Usage examples:

Public disquiet about animal testing

verb

Make (someone) worried or uneasy.

Usage examples:

World leaders are surely disquieted by the prospect of a global economic meltdown

noun

Worry

Usage examples:

The leader's decline in popularity is causing disquiet among supporters.

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

verb

To cause someone to stop what the person is doing, or to interrupt an activity

Usage examples:

Please don’t disturb jimmy – he’s trying to do his homework., this year’s election campaign has dis…

verb

To interrupt what someone is doing

Usage examples:

Please don't disturb your sister - she's trying to do her homework., i'm sorry to disturb you so la…

adjective

Feeling uncertain about something.

Usage examples:

He looked doubtful, but gave a nod

adjective

Uncertain or unlikely

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] it was doubtful (that) the money would ever be found., she gave me a long, doub…

adjective

Used to describe debts or accounts that are unlikely to be paid

Usage examples:

The company has established an allowance for doubtful accounts based on the credit risk of specific…

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

noun

A bottle or glass left empty of its contents.

Usage examples:

The barman collected the empties

verb

Make (someone) agitated or confused.

Usage examples:

There's nothing you can do or say to fluster bernie

noun

An agitated or confused state.

Usage examples:

The main thing is not to get all in a fluster

verb

To make someone nervous or upset, esp. when the person is trying to do something

Usage examples:

Don’t let that new tax form fluster you – it’s not as bad as it looks., if i look flustered it’s be…

adjective

Abandoned or deserted.

Usage examples:

A journey into forgotten and forsaken places

verb

Abandon or leave.

Usage examples:

He would never forsake tara

Past participle of forsake literary or formal

adjective

Sad because one has no friends or company.

Usage examples:

Lonely old people whose families do not care for them

adjective

Subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty.

Usage examples:

Whether they had been successful or not was a moot point

verb

Raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility).

Usage examples:

The scheme was first mooted last october

noun

An assembly held for debate, especially in anglo-saxon and medieval times.

Usage examples:

Even if, as some have supposed, the manor court, or hall moot, had anglo-saxon forebears, it was an…

adjective

In motion.

Usage examples:

A fast-moving river

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

The act or process of someone going to live or work in a different place, or of a company taking all or part of its business to a different place

Usage examples:

Any moving expenses will be paid by the company.

adjective

Living the life of a nomad; wandering.

Usage examples:

Nomadic herdsmen

adjective

Moving from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time

Usage examples:

Nomadic people/herdsmen, a nomadic life/existence

verb

Surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react.

Usage examples:

Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question

noun

A state of being very surprised and confused.

Usage examples:

Reduced to a perfect nonplus, he rose from his chair

adjective

Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked.

Usage examples:

He climbed through the open window

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

noun

Make or become formally ready for customers, visitors, or business.

Usage examples:

She raised $731 by opening her home and selling coffee and tea

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

Usage examples:

She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb

To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood

Usage examples:

The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb

To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve

Usage examples:

The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

verb

Make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

Usage examples:

They were perturbed by her capricious behaviour

adjective

Done or made with no discernible point or purpose.

Usage examples:

Purposeless vandalism

adjective

(of a plant) not having roots.

Usage examples:

A rootless flowering plant

adjective

Having no family origins or connections, or having no feeling of belonging to a particular place

adjective

Lasting only for a short time; impermanent.

Usage examples:

A transient cold spell

noun

A person who is staying or working in a place for a short time only.

Usage examples:

The law had been applied to hotels and motels to collect a tax from transients, vacationers, and tr…

adjective

Lasting for only a short time; temporary

Usage examples:

The weakness was transient, and soon i was feeling strong again., transient workers come to pick ap…

adjective

Going or being transported from place to place.

Usage examples:

A travelling exhibition of dutch 17th-century masterpieces

noun

The action or activity of going from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Usage examples:

One thing i've learned from travelling is that you have to respect other countries

verb

Go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Usage examples:

The vessel had been travelling from libya to ireland

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

adjective

Not answered or responded to.

Usage examples:

Unanswered letters

adjective

(esp. of a letter, question, or telephone call) not reacted to or explained

Usage examples:

She wondered why her calls went unanswered.

adjective

Not able to be relied on; not known or definite.

Usage examples:

An uncertain future

adjective

Unclear, or not sure

Usage examples:

She faces an uncertain future., we’re uncertain of the cause of death., [ u ] they live in uncertai…

adjective

(of a person) not having made a decision.

Usage examples:

The jury remained undecided

noun

A person who has not decided how they are going to vote in an election.

Usage examples:

20 per cent of the population describe themselves as undecideds

adjective

Not having made a decision or judgment about something

Usage examples:

Are you still undecided about that job in san francisco?

adjective

Not authoritatively decided or settled.

Usage examples:

The acquisition will result in an as yet undetermined number of lay-offs

adjective

Not measured, counted, or clearly known

Usage examples:

The park was developed in several phases, at undetermined costs, between 2015 and 2020., local resi…

adjective

(of a place) visited only rarely.

Usage examples:

A region with only a few unfrequented tracks

adjective

(of a place) without inhabitants.

Usage examples:

Small uninhabited islands

verb

Make (someone) lose courage or confidence.

Usage examples:

The journey over the bridge had unnerved me

verb

To make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened

Usage examples:

The long silence unnerved him., it’s the way that he stares that i find so unnerving.

verb

To make someone feel nervous or less confident

Usage examples:

Talk of an economic slowdown has so far failed to unnerve american markets., be unnerved by sth inv…

adjective

(of a building, seat, etc.) not being occupied or used.

Usage examples:

The house has been unoccupied for some time

adjective

Without anyone in it, or not busy

Usage examples:

Are there any unoccupied seats in that row?

adjective

Empty of people.

Usage examples:

The eerily unpeopled streets

verb

Dramatically reduce the population of an area; depopulate.

Usage examples:

Diseases that once threatened to completely unpeople the western hemisphere

adjective

(of a place) having no inhabitants.

Usage examples:

Three missiles landed in unpopulated areas

adjective

(of a problem, question, or dispute) not resolved.

Usage examples:

A number of issues remain unresolved

adjective

(esp. of a problem or difficulty) not solved or ended

Usage examples:

The mayor’s race remains unresolved.

idiom

Not yet determined

phrase

(of a plan or issue) still to be settled; unresolved.

Usage examples:

The fate of the power station is up in the air

idiom

Uncertain and with an unknown result

Usage examples:

The whole future of the project is still up in the air.

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

adjective

(of a place) not occupied; empty.

Usage examples:

40 per cent of the offices are still vacant

adjective

Travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant.

Usage examples:

A wandering preacher

verb

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.

Usage examples:

I wandered through the narrow streets