unnerve (verb)
31frighten — verb Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, unnerve, intimidate; informal spook; Brit.; informal put the wind up Ant: reassure …
32rattle — verb 1) hailstones rattled against the window Syn: clatter, patter, clink, clunk 2) he rattled some coins Syn: jingle, jangle, clink, tinkle 3) the government was rattled by the strike …
33ruffle — verb 1) he ruffled her hair Syn: disarrange, tousle, dishevel, rumple, mess up; N.Amer.; informal muss up 2) don t let him ruffle you Syn: disconcert, unnerve, fluster …
34unsettle — verb Syn: disturb, disconcert, unnerve, upset, disquiet, perturb, alarm, dismay, trouble, bother, agitate, fluster, ruffle, shake (up), throw; informal rattle, faze …
35enervate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. weaken, devitalize, unnerve, paralyze, soften, emasculate, unman, debilitate, enfeeble, effeminate. See impotence, weakness.Ant., innervate, invigorate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. debilitate,… …
36discourage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. depress, dishearten, dismay; dissuade, deter. See dejection, dissuasion, fear.Ant., encourage, persuade. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dishearten] Syn. dispirit, dampen, dismay, daunt, intimidate,… …
37dismay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. consternation, terror; discouragement. v. t. appall; discourage. See fear, dejection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alarm, consternation, anxiety, disheartenment; see confusion 2 , fear 2 . v. Syn. appall,… …
38shake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. vibrate, agitate, shiver, brandish, flourish, rock, sway, wave, rattle, jolt, worry, jar; unsettle, disillusion, impair, unnerve; tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shudder, flutter, vibrate. See… …
39frighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To strike with fear] Syn. scare, alarm, terrify, daunt, dismay, cow, terrorize, shock, startle, dishearten, abash, dispirit, throw into a fright, raise apprehension, intimidate, deter, threaten, prey on the mind, badger,… …
40weaken — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become weaker] Syn. lessen, lose, decrease, relapse, soften, relax, droop, fail, wane, crumble, halt, limp, languish, fade, decline, abate, totter, tremble, flag, faint, wilt, lose spirit, become disheartened, fail in… …
