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Unnerve

//ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.

    "to unnerve the arm"

  2. 2
    disturb the composure of wordnet
  3. 3
    To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.

    "I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country."

Etymology

From un- + nerve.

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