unnerve
11unnerve — 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 …
12unnerve — 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 ,… …
13unnerve — /un nerrv /, v.t., unnerved, unnerving. to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him. [1595 1605; UN 2 + NERVE] * * * …
14unnerve — Synonyms and related words: abate, affright, agitate, alarm, attenuate, blunt, castrate, cramp, cripple, crush, curdle the blood, damp, dampen, dash, deaden, debilitate, demasculinize, demoralize, desex, desexualize, devitalize, discomfit,… …
15unnerve — un|nerve [ʌnˈnə:v US ə:rv] v [T] to upset or frighten someone so that they lose their confidence or their ability to think clearly ▪ He was unnerved by the way Sylvia kept staring at him. >unnerving adj ▪ an unnerving experience …
16unnerve — un|nerve [ ʌn nɜrv ] verb transitive to make someone nervous or frightened ╾ un|nerv|ing adjective ╾ un|nerv|ing|ly adverb …
17unnerve — [[t]ʌ̱nnɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] unnerves, unnerving, unnerved VERB If you say that something unnerves you, you mean that it worries or troubles you. [V n] The news about Dermot had unnerved me... [V n] Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her… …
18unnerve — v. daunt, dismay, intimidate, dishearten, unman …
19unnerve — verb deprive of courage or confidence. Derivatives unnerving adjective unnervingly adverb …
20unnerve — v. a. Weaken, enfeeble …
