Synonyms for unnerved

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-nurv

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈnɜrv

Top 10 synonyms for unnerved

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for unnerved

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