verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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."

Synonyms

All synonyms

disconcertenfeeblefazepsych outrattleunsettle

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From un- + nerve.

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