unnerve

Verb

Meaning

To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

faze unsettle enervate madden cow spook disorient daunt shock surprise trouble throw upset panic distress
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

gladden quicken support influence cause move
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

upset discompose disconcert discomfit untune

Hyponyms

unman

Examples

I can't imagine,” said Dupre, "a better way to unnerve people than to tell them there's no cause for alarm. Jack McDevitt

Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive. Claire Danes

That should unnerve every other team in the NFC North. Source: Internet

True, no one will be there to laugh at Mr. Biden’s jokes, but it doesn’t matter because the goal is serious: to expose the truth and unnerve Mr. Trump by getting under his skin. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unnephrectomized unnerstand unnervate unnerved unnervedly unnervedness