unnerve (verb)
71startle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. start, alarm, frighten, shock, surprise, amaze. See surprise, doubt, fear. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. alarm, shock, astonish, disturb, agitate; see also frighten 1 , surprise 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
72undermine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. excavate, mine, sap; honeycomb; subvert, weaken, demoralize, thwart, frustrate. See concavity, hindrance, deterioration, weakness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [Enfeeble] Syn. impair, ruin, threaten; see… …
73undo — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. loose, unlock, unfasten, untie, release; annul, reverse, cancel, neutralize; spoil, destroy, ruin. See disjunction, destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To unfasten] Syn. untie, loosen, release; see …
74unhinge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unsettle, derange, unbalance, craze. See insanity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To detach] Syn. dislodge, disjoint, disunite; see remove 1 , unhitch . 2. [To upset] Syn. unbalance, disorder, derange; see …
75unsettle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. upset, disturb, disarrange, displace; unhinge, derange, unbalance. See disorder, surprise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disrupt, displace, disarrange; see bother 2 , 3 , disturb 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
76embolden — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. inspirit, animate, hearten, impel; see encourage 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. encourage, hearten, buoy, reassure, puff up, invigorate, boost, psych up, *give pep talk. ANT.: frighten, cow, unnerve III (Roget s… …
77enfeeble — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. weaken, debilitate, enervate, cripple; see weaken 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. weaken, deplete, enervate, debilitate, deplete, sap, emasculate, fatigue, exhaust, diminish, *take the starch out of. III (Roget s… …
78devitalize — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of: attenuate, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap2, undermine, undo, unnerve, weaken. See STRONG …
79psych — short for psychology in various senses; as an academic study, in student slang by 1895. The verb is generally negative when used transitively, positive when intransitive; first attested (also psych out) 1934 as to outsmart, from 1963 as to… …
80spook — (n.) 1801, from Du. spook, from M.Du. spooc spook, ghost, from a common Germanic source (Cf. Ger. Spuk ghost, apparition, M.L.G. spok spook, Swed. spok scarecrow, Norw. spjok ghost, specter, Dan. spèg joke ), of unknown origin. Possible outside… …
