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verb
- 1. make (someone) lose courage or confidence: "the journey over the bridge had unnerved me"
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UNNERVE definition: 1. to make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened: 2. to make someone feel less…. Learn more.
The meaning of UNNERVE is to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness. How to use unnerve in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Unnerve.
To unnerve someone is to make them feel scared or confused. Haunted houses are meant to unnerve you — though there may be nothing that unnerves you more than the first day at a new school. The original meaning of unnerve, dating back to the 17th century, was "to destroy the strength of."
If you say that something unnerves you, you mean that it worries or troubles you. The news about Dermot had unnerved me. [VERB noun] Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face. [VERB noun] Synonyms: shake, upset, disconcert, disturb More Synonyms of unnerve. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
UNNERVE meaning: 1. to make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened: 2. to make someone feel less…. Learn more.
Unnerve definition: to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset. See examples of UNNERVE used in a sentence.
verb. To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of: attenuate, debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, sap, undermine, undo, weaken. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
verb. /ˌʌnˈnɜːv/ /ˌʌnˈnɜːrv/ Verb Forms. unnerve somebody to make somebody feel nervous or frightened or lose confidence. His silence unnerved us. She appeared strained and a little unnerved. I was completely unnerved by the way she kept staring at me. Topics Feelings c2. Want to learn more?
1. to cause to lose one's courage, self-confidence, etc. 2. to make feel weak, nervous, etc.
UNNERVE definition: to make someone feel nervous or frightened. Learn more.
