unnerve

  • 21unnerve — 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 …

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  • 22unnerve — 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 …

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  • 23unnerve — v discourage, unman, dishearten, dispirit, demoralize; deject, deflate, Inf. take the wind out of one s sails; disconcert, discompose, unsettle, discomfit, abash; unsettle, agitate, disquiet, perturb, ruffle, rattle, fluster; upset, trouble,… …

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  • 24unnerve — un·nerve …

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  • 25unnerve — un•nerve [[t]ʌnˈnɜrv[/t]] v. t. nerved, nerv•ing to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset • Etymology: 1595–1605 …

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  • 26unnerve — /ʌnˈnɜv / (say un nerv) verb (t) (unnerved, unnerving) to deprive of nerve, strength, or physical or mental firmness; break down the self control of; upset. {un 2 + nerve (def. 10) …

  • 27unnerve — v.tr. deprive of strength or resolution. Derivatives: unnervingly adv …

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  • 28unnerving — unnerve ► VERB ▪ deprive of courage or confidence. DERIVATIVES unnerving adjective …

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  • 29enervate — 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,… …

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  • 30Eric Pianka — Born Eric Rodger Pianka January 23, 1939 (1939 01 23) (age 72) Siskiyou County, California, USA Other names The Lizard Man Occupation Biologist …

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