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unnerving adjective [ ʌnˈnəːvɪŋ ]

• causing one to lose courage or confidence; disconcerting.
• "an unnerving experience"

unnerve verb

• make (someone) lose courage or confidence.
• "the journey over the bridge had unnerved me"
Similar: demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, daunt, cow, alarm, frighten, unman, dismay, distress, disconcert, discompose, perturb, upset, discomfit, take aback, unsettle, disquiet, jolt, startle, fluster, agitate, shake, ruffle, throw, throw off balance, put someone off their stroke, confound, panic, stupefy, stun, rattle, faze, put into a flap, throw into a tizz, discombobulate, shake up, put the wind up,
Opposite: encourage, hearten,


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