Search results
- Dictionaryunnerve/ʌnˈnəːv/
verb
- 1. make (someone) lose courage or confidence: "the journey over the bridge had unnerved me"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
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.
UNNERVE meaning: 1. to make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened: 2. to make someone feel less…. Learn more.
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 definition: to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset. See examples of UNNERVE used in a sentence.
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."
Definition of unnerve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
UNNERVE definition: to make someone feel nervous or frightened. Learn more.
Unnerve definition: To cause to lose courage or firmness of purpose.
