Search results
- Dictionaryunnerving/ʌnˈnəːvɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing one to lose courage or confidence; disconcerting: "an unnerving experience"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
UNNERVING definition: 1. making someone feel less confident and slightly frightened: 2. making someone feel less…. Learn more.
Unnerving definition: depriving a person of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; disconcerting. See examples of UNNERVING used in a sentence.
If you describe something as unnerving, you mean that it makes you feel worried or uncomfortable. It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.
Synonyms for UNNERVING: disturbing, uneasy, unsettling, tense, anxious, nervous, creepy, restless; Antonyms of UNNERVING: easy, quiet, comfortable, peaceful, tranquil, calming, restful, quieting.
verb [ T ] uk / ʌnˈnɜːv / us / ʌnˈnɝːv / Add to word list. to make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened: I think it unnerved me to be interviewed by so many people. Synonym. faze informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing anxiety and worry. alarmingly. bite. catch up with someone. come back to bite someone idiom.
Define unnerving. unnerving synonyms, unnerving pronunciation, unnerving translation, English dictionary definition of unnerving. 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,...
Use the adjective unnerving to describe situations and experiences that cause you to lose your courage. No matter how brave you are, a walk alone through a cemetery at night is bound to be a little unnerving.
