unnerve (verb)
1unnerve — ► VERB ▪ deprive of courage or confidence. DERIVATIVES unnerving adjective …
2unnerve — UK US /ʌnˈnɜːv/ verb [T] ► to make someone feel nervous or less confident: »Talk of an economic slowdown has so far failed to unnerve American markets. be unnerved by sth »Investors were unnerved by recent profit warnings …
3unnerve — verb a) To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. to unnerve the arm b) To upset. I was greatly unnerved by this …
4unnerve — verb deprive of courage or confidence. Derivatives unnerving adjective unnervingly adverb …
5unnerve — verb (T) to upset or frighten someone so that they lose their confidence or their ability to think clearly: Her first encounter with the boss unnerved her. unnerving adjective …
6unnerve — verb the bleakness of his gaze unnerved her Syn: demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, daunt, alarm, frighten, dismay, disconcert, discompose, perturb, upset, discomfit, take aback, unsettle, disquiet, fluster, agitate …
7unnerve — transitive verb Date: 1601 1. to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness 2. to cause to become nervous ; upset • unnervingly adverb Synonyms: unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for… …
8unnerve — UK [ʌnˈnɜː(r)v] / US [ʌnˈnɜrv] verb [transitive] Word forms unnerve : present tense I/you/we/they unnerve he/she/it unnerves present participle unnerving past tense unnerved past participle unnerved to make someone nervous or frightened Derived… …
9unnerve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unhinge, disconcert, frighten, rattle (inf.), give the jitters. See fear, impotence, excitability. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. frighten, unman, dishearten, enervate, discourage; see also weaken 2 ,… …
10unnerve — un|nerve [ ʌn nɜrv ] verb transitive to make someone nervous or frightened ╾ un|nerv|ing adjective ╾ un|nerv|ing|ly adverb …
