unnerve en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English nerve English unnerve From un- + nerve.
Meanings
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To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.
to unnerve the arm
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To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.
I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country.
But new immigration is no longer the primary driver of the growing racial, ethnic and religious diversity that unnerves much of the GOP coalition.
2021 April 23, Ronald Brownstein, “The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unnerved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unnerved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unnerves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unnerving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (25)
fr énerver (upset) · ru обескураживать (upset) · es desnervar (upset) · ru огорчать (upset) · uk нервува́ти (upset) · la ēnervō (upset) · bg разстройвам (upset) · fi hermostua (upset) · sh živcirati (upset) · cmn 使虛弱 /使虚弱 (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · bg обезсилвам (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · sh jeziv (upset) · sh uznemiriti (upset) · mi whakahārangi (upset) · fi lamauttaa (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · ru истощать (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · mi kōnatunatu (upset) · es desnervar (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · fr perturber (upset) · la debilito (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · bg нервирам (upset) · ru ослаблять (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · cmn 使不安 (upset) · fr affaiblir (deprive of nerve, force or strength) · fi hermostuttaa (upset)