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,