to unnerve the arm
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Unnerve
//ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v//
Synonyms for "unnerve" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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15 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- нервирам verb (upset)
- обезсилвам verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
- разстройвам verb (upset)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 使不安 verb (upset)
- 使虛弱 /使虚弱 verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
Finnish
3 entries- hermostua verb (upset)
- hermostuttaa verb (upset)
- lamauttaa verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
French
3 entries- affaiblir verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
- perturber verb (upset)
- énerver verb (upset)
Latin
2 entries- debilito verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
- ēnervō verb (upset)
Māori
2 entries- kōnatunatu verb (upset)
- whakahārangi verb (upset)
Russian
4 entries- истощать verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
- обескураживать verb (upset)
- огорчать verb (upset)
- ослаблять verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- jeziv verb (upset)
- uznemiriti verb (upset)
- živcirati verb (upset)
Spanish
2 entries- desnervar verb (deprive of nerve, force or strength)
- desnervar verb (upset)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нервува́ти verb (upset)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country.
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But new immigration is no longer the primary driver of the growing racial, ethnic and religious diversity that unnerves much of the GOP coalition.
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