unnerve
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unnerves, 3rd person singular present; unnerved, past tense; unnerved, past participle; unnerving, present participle;
/ˌənˈnərv/,
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unnerves, 3rd person singular present; unnerved, past tense; unnerved, past participle; unnerving, present participle;
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Make (someone) lose courage or confidence
- - the bleakness of his gaze unnerved her
- - an unnerving experience
Web Definitions:
- faze: disturb the composure of
- (unnerved) deprived of courage and strength; "the steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved, couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer"
- (unnerving) formidable: inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"
- To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; To upset