unnerving

C2
US /ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/
adj verb Freq #30021

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    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).

  2. 2
    adj

    inspiring fear

  3. 3
    verb

    present participle and gerund of unnerve

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · inspiring fear formidable

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