Unnerving

//ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing a deprivation of courage, strength, confidence, etc.

    "Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    inspiring fear wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unnerve form-of, gerund, participle, present

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