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un·nerve

(ŭn-nûrv′)

tr.v. un·nerved, un·nerv·ing, un·nerves

To cause to lose courage or firmness of purpose: "It unnerved him to think that she would be at the supper-table, looking up at him while he spoke with her critical quizzing eyes" (James Joyce).

un·nerv′ing·ly adv.

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unnerve

(ʌnˈnɜːv)

(tr) to cause to lose courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc

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un•nerve

(ʌnˈnɜrv)

v.t. -nerved, -nerv•ing.

to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset.

[1595–1605]

unnerve

Past participle: unnerved
Gerund: unnerving

Imperative
unnerve
unnerve

Present
I unnerve
you unnerve
he/she/it unnerves
we unnerve
you unnerve
they unnerve

Preterite
I unnerved
you unnerved
he/she/it unnerved
we unnerved
you unnerved
they unnerved

Present Continuous
I am unnerving
you are unnerving
he/she/it is unnerving
we are unnerving
you are unnerving
they are unnerving

Present Perfect
I have unnerved
you have unnerved
he/she/it has unnerved
we have unnerved
you have unnerved
they have unnerved

Past Continuous
I was unnerving
you were unnerving
he/she/it was unnerving
we were unnerving
you were unnerving
they were unnerving

Past Perfect
I had unnerved
you had unnerved
he/she/it had unnerved
we had unnerved
you had unnerved
they had unnerved

Future
I will unnerve
you will unnerve
he/she/it will unnerve
we will unnerve
you will unnerve
they will unnerve

Future Perfect
I will have unnerved
you will have unnerved
he/she/it will have unnerved
we will have unnerved
you will have unnerved
they will have unnerved

Future Continuous
I will be unnerving
you will be unnerving
he/she/it will be unnerving
we will be unnerving
you will be unnerving
they will be unnerving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unnerving
you have been unnerving
he/she/it has been unnerving
we have been unnerving
you have been unnerving
they have been unnerving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unnerving
you will have been unnerving
he/she/it will have been unnerving
we will have been unnerving
you will have been unnerving
they will have been unnerving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unnerving
you had been unnerving
he/she/it had been unnerving
we had been unnerving
you had been unnerving
they had been unnerving

Conditional
I would unnerve
you would unnerve
he/she/it would unnerve
we would unnerve
you would unnerve
they would unnerve

Past Conditional
I would have unnerved
you would have unnerved
he/she/it would have unnerved
we would have unnerved
you would have unnerved
they would have unnerved

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Verb

unnerve - disturb the composure of

faze, unsettle, enervate

unman - cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"

discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure

unnerve

verb shake, upset, disconcert, disturb, intimidate, frighten, rattle (informal), discourage, dismay, daunt, disarm, confound, fluster, faze, unman, demoralize, unhinge, psych out (informal), throw off balance, dishearten, dispirit The news about Dermot had unnerved me.
encourage, strengthen, hearten, support, arm, steel, nerve, brace, gee up

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unnerve

verb

To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of:

attenuate, debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, sap, undermine, undo, weaken.

Translations

يوهِن العَزيمَه

vynervovatzdeptat

gøre nervøs

entmutigen genervt verunsichern

hermostuahermostuttaalamauttaa

énerver

innervosire

trikdyti

atnemt drosmiuztraukt

zdeptať

cesaretini/azmini kırmak

使失去勇气使气馁

unnerve

[ˈʌnˈnɜːv] VT → desconcertar

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unnerve

[ˌʌnˈnɜː^rv] vt → troubler
to be unnerved by sth → être troublé(e) par qch

unnerve

vt → entnerven; (gradually) → zermürben; (= discourage) speaker → entmutigen; unnerved by their reaction → durch ihre Reaktion aus der Ruhe gebracht

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unnerve

[ʌnˈnɜːv] vt (subj, accident) → sgomentare; (hostile attitude) → bloccare; (experience) → far sentire disagio

unnerve

(ˌanˈneː(r)v) verb

to make someone feel nervous or discouraged. The look on his face unnerved her.

unnerving adjective

an unnerving silence/experience.

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