Cause to lose one's composure.
1 No sight could touch or daunt me, no sound my soul untune ;
2 They untune and dissipate the brave aspirant.
3 He did not, as has been said of Horace, wilfully untune his harp when he commenced satirist.
4 Such passions as anger, hatred, jealousy, sorrow, worry, grudge, and fear always untune one's mood and break the harmony of one's mind.
5 And Music Shall Untune the Sky was commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for the 1988 Festival Proms series.
6 As she untunes the lute by "pinching" the strings over-excitedly with her right, her other hand retunes it by turning the pegs.
7 'Did you ever see such daubs!' she said, making a wry face as at something sour enough to untune her nerves.
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