untune

Verb

Verb Forms: untuned, untuning, untunes

• To cause something to be out of tune.
• cause to lose one's composure
• cause to be out of tune
  • "Don't untune that string!"
• To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.

Examples

• The tension of the game began to untune his focus, leading to a crucial mistake.

Synonyms

discomfit, discompose, disconcert, upset, detune, distune

Antonyms

tune