Definition of untuning Untuning
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We found 3 definitions of untuning from 2 different sources.
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What does untuning mean?
Wiktionary 
- untuning (Verb)
Present participle of untune.
Part of speech
🔤- untuning, verb, gerund of untune (infinitive).
WordNet
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| untune - cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" | ||
| tune, tune up adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| untune - cause to lose one's composure | ||
| upset, discompose, disconcert, discomfit | ||
| enkindle, elicit, kindle, provoke, evoke, arouse, fire, raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution" | ||
| faze, unnerve, unsettle, enervate disturb the composure of | ||
| dissolve declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" | ||
| bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate, throw cause to be confused emotionally | ||
| abash, embarrass cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | ||
| anguish, pain, hurt suffer great pains or distress | ||
| afflict cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague" | ||
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Wiktionary
- untune (Verb)
To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- untune (v. t.)
To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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untune
un-tūn′, v.t. to put out of tune: to disorder or confuse.—adj. Untū′nable, inharmonious.—n. Untū′nableness.—adv. Untū′nably.—adj. Untuned′
Part of speech
🔤- untune, verb, present, 1st person singular of untune (infinitive).
- untune, verb (infinitive).
