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- DictionaryUn·nerve/ˌənˈnərv/
verb
- 1. make (someone) lose courage or confidence: "the journey over the bridge had unnerved me"
Unnerve definition: to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset. See examples of UNNERVE used in a sentence.
To unnerve someone is to make them feel scared or confused. Haunted houses are meant to unnerve you — though there may be nothing that unnerves you more than the first day at a new school. The original meaning of unnerve, dating back to the 17th century, was "to destroy the strength of."
Definition of unnerve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
5 days ago · unnerve. (ʌnnɜrv ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense unnerves, present participle unnerving, past tense, past participle unnerved. transitive verb. If you say that something unnerves you, you mean that it worries or troubles you. The news about Dermot had unnerved me. Synonyms: shake, upset, disconcert, disturb More Synonyms of unnerve.
3 days ago · verb. If you say that something unnerves you, you mean that it worries or troubles you. The news about Dermot had unnerved me. [VERB noun] Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face. [VERB noun] Synonyms: shake, upset, disconcert, disturb More Synonyms of unnerve. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
verb [ T ] uk/ʌnˈnɜːv/us. to make someone feel nervous or frightened. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of unnerve from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of unnerve.
Definitions of 'unnerve' If you say that something unnerves you, you mean that it worries or troubles you. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'unnerve' American English: ʌnnɜrvBritish English: ʌnnɜːʳv. More. Conjugations of 'unnerve' present simple: I unnerve, you unnerve [...] past simple: I unnerved, you unnerved [...] past participle: unnerved. More.
