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Definitions for UNTUNE
ʌnˈtun, -ˈtyunun·tune

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfitverb

    cause to lose one's composure

  2. untuneverb

    cause to be out of tune

    "Don't untune that string!"

Wiktionary

  1. untuneverb

    To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

    Shakespeare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Untuneverb

    Take but degree away, untune that string,
    And hark what discord follows. William Shakespeare.

    When the last and dreadful hour,
    This crumbling pageant shall devour,
    The trumpet shall be heard on high,
    The dead shall live, the living die,
    And musick shall untune the sky. Dryden.

    The captives, as their tyrant shall require,
    That they should breathe the song, and touch the lyre,
    Shall say; can Jacob’s servile race rejoice,
    Untun’d the musick, and disus’d the voice? Matthew Prior.

    O you kind gods!
    Cure this great breach in his abused nature;
    Th’ untuned and jarring senses, O wind up
    Of this child-changed father. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

ChatGPT

  1. untune

    Untune generally refers to the act of disrupting or throwing something out of harmony or balance. It could refer to putting a musical instrument out of tune, causing a situation to become discordant, or disturbing the usual peace or tranquility of something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Untuneverb

    to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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′.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNTUNE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNTUNE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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