unnerve
verb [T] /ʌnˈnɜːv/
/-ˈnɝːv/ Definition
› to make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened: I think it unnerved me to be interviewed by so many people.Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset unnerving /-ˈnɜː.vɪŋ/
/-ˈnɝː.vɪŋ/ adjective › Meeting a twin brother I didn't know I had was an unnerving experience.Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset unnervingly /ʌnˈnɜː.vɪŋ.li/
/-ˈnɝː-/ adverb Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset
/-ˈnɝː.vɪŋ/ adjective › Meeting a twin brother I didn't know I had was an unnerving experience.Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset unnervingly /ʌnˈnɜː.vɪŋ.li/
/-ˈnɝː-/ adverb Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset (Definition of unnerve verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alarm verb
- alarming adjective
- catch up with sb phrasal verb (CAUSE PROBLEMS)
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- concerning adjective
- disturb verb (WORRY)
- dread verb
- flap verb (BEHAVE NERVOUSLY)
- frighten sb/sth away/off phrasal verb
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw verb (FEEL WORRIED)
- harass verb
- stress sb out phrasal verb
- stressful adjective
- tense adjective (NERVOUS)
- troubling adjective
- unsettling adjective (WORRYING)
- weigh on sb/sth phrasal verb
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Causing anxiety and worry
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