un·nerve ( n-nûrv )tr.v. un·nerved, un·nerv·ing, un·nerves 1. To deprive of fortitude, strength, or firmness of purpose. 2. To make nervous or upset. un·nerv ing·ly adv. |
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| Adj. | 1. | unnerving - inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall" alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger |
unnerving
adjective disconcerting, disturbing, upsetting, embarrassing, awkward, distracting, dismaying, off-putting (Brit. informal) her unnerving habit of touching people she was speaking to
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unnerving
adj experience, sincerity → entnervend; silence also → zermürbend; (= discouraging also) → entmutigend; an unnerving habit → eine entnervende or irritierende Angewohnheit
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