Disbalancing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Causing something to lose its balance or become unstable
2. Making a stable object or situation uneven or off-kilter
3. Disturbing the equilibrium of a system or structure

Etymology: "Disbalancing" is the present participle and gerund of "disbalance," which is formed from the prefix dis- attached to "balance." The prefix dis- is a long-established English element meaning "apart," "reversing," or "removing," so the verb essentially means to take away or undo a balance. The base word "balance" came into English from Old French "balance," which traces back through Late Latin "bilancia" to Latin "bilanx," meaning "having two scales" or "two-pan," from "bi-" (two) and "lanx" (dish or plate). Its original sense was literally a pair of scales, and the abstract sense of equilibrium developed from that image of two pans held level.

Synonyms: destabilizing, unbalancing, toppling, overturning, disturbing

Antonyms: balancing, stabilizing, equalizing, steadying