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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uhn-nurv |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈnɜrv |
Definition of unnerved
Origin :- 1620s, "to destroy the strength of," from un- (2) + nerve. Meaning "to deprive of courage" is recorded from 1704. Related: Unnerved; unnerving.
- verb upset, intimidate
- The truth was, he admitted ruefully to himself, they unnerved him.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- She has had a very trying and terrible experience and I do not wonder that she is unnerved.
- Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
- He did not look in the least unnerved by the terrible ordeal.
- Extract from : « Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; » by "Noname"
- "It was that madman rushing in unnerved her," Copplestone cried fiercely.
- Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
- But the glassy stare of the motionless figure had unnerved her.
- Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
- You are unnerved, child; the events of the morning have been too much for you.
- Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
- The other girls were sorry but not really shaken or unnerved by the news.
- Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed
- The rapidly succeeding incidents of that day and night had unnerved him, also.
- Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman
- Madeleine was unnerved by the agitating incidents of the morning.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- He had given way too long to maddening thoughts, and they had unnerved him.
- Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Synonyms for unnerved
- agitate
- bewilder
- bowl over
- buffalo
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- demoralize
- disarm
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- distract
- enervate
- enfeeble
- floor
- fluster
- frighten
- get to
- give a turn
- needle
- perturb
- psych out
- rattle
- ride
- sap
- shake
- spook
- throw
- throw off
- uncalm
- undermine
- unhinge
- unsettle
- weaken
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