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Meanings of untune in English

Portuguese
confundir
Catalan
confondre
Spanish
confundir

Cause to lose one's composure.

        confundir
        Catalan
        desafinar

        Cause to be out of tune.

              desafinar
              Usage of untune in English
              1
              No sight could touch or daunt me, no sound my soul untune;
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917
              2
              They untune and dissipate the brave aspirant.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 / A Maga...
              3
              He did not, as has been said of Horace, wilfully untune his harp when he commenced satirist.
              The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 / With a Life of the...
              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.
              The Religion of the Samurai / A Study of Zen Philosophy and Disc...
              5
              And Music Shall Untune the Sky was commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for the 1988 Festival Proms series.
              Radio NZ
              6
              As she untunes the lute by "pinching" the strings over-excitedly with her right, her other hand retunes it by turning the pegs.
              The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09
              7
              'Did you ever see such daubs!' she said, making a wry face as at something sour enough to untune her nerves.
              Wilfrid Cumbermede
              Frequent collocations
              Translations for untune
              Untune through the time