unbalancen.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbaləns/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaln̩s/, U.S. /ˌənˈbæləns/ (un- prefix1 6.)
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > instability or unbalance
unbalance1887
1887 Alienist & Neurol. Oct. 524 The paralyzing influence..arising from congenital deficiency and unbalance.
1895 Strand Mag. Oct. 383/1 His mind was still in a terrible state of unbalance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
unbalancev.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbaləns/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaln̩s/, U.S. /ˌənˈbæləns/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > supply with ballast > remove ballast from
unbalance1586
unballast1769
deballast1962
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 193v He..without anie more wordes unballanced [It. votò] the ship.
2. To throw (a person or thing) off the balance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]
abobc1330
confusec1350
confoundc1374
cumbera1375
passc1384
maskerc1400
mopc1425
enose1430
manga1450
overmusec1460
perplex1477
maze1482
enmuse1502
ruffle?a1505
unsteady1532
entangle1540
duddle1548
intricate1548
distraught1579
distract1582
mizzle1583
moider1587
amuse1595
mist1598
bepuzzle1599
gravel1601
plunder1601
puzzle1603
intrigue1612
vexa1613
metagrobolize?a1616
befumea1618
fuddle1617
crucify1621
bumfiddlea1625
implicate1625
giddify1628
wilder1642
buzzlea1644
empuzzle1646
dunce1649
addle1652
meander1652
emberlucock1653
flounder1654
study1654
disorient1655
embarrass?1656
essome1660
embrangle1664
jumble1668
dunt1672
muse1673
clutter1685
emblustricate1693
fluster1720
disorientate1728
obfuscate1729
fickle1736
flustrate1797
unharmonize1797
mystify1806
maffle1811
boggle1835
unballast1836
stomber1841
throw1844
serpentine1850
unbalance1856
tickle1865
fog1872
bumfuzzle1878
wander1897
to put off1909
defeat1914
dither1919
befuddle1926
ungear1931
to screw up1941
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)]
perturbc1385
disarraya1387
disordain1398
disjointc1420
disorder1477
mistemperc1485
commovec1500
deraign?a1513
distempera1513
misordera1513
bring1523
turmoil1542
unframe1574
disrank1602
discompose1611
luxate1623
disframec1629
disjoin1630
disconcert1632
untune1638
un-nacka1657
dislocatea1661
unhinge1664
deconcert1715
disarrange1744
derange1777
unadjust1785
mess1823
discombobulate1825
tevel1825
malagruze1864
to muck up1875
untrim1884
unbalance1892
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 164 His ways are stedfast; it is not this or that new sight which will at once unbalance him.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 3/2 Alcohol..disturbs and unbalances the nervous system.
Derivatives
unˈbalancing n.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > disordering
ruffling1440
disordering1523
unhinging1661
upturning1846
unbalancing1889
1889 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 368 A further unbalancing of the relations between the railroad companies and the public.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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