US /ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v/
verb Freq #66698

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To make someone feel nervous, anxious, or less confident.

    The strange silence of the empty house unnerved her.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms unnervedunnerves
Derived forms unnervingly

Etymology

From un- + nerve.

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