UNNERVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does unnerve mean? • UNNERVE (verb)
The verb UNNERVE has 1 sense:
1. disturb the composure of
Familiarity information: UNNERVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNNERVE (verb)
Meaning:
Disturb the composure of
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
faze; unnerve; unsettle; enervate
Hypernyms (to "unnerve" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unnerve"):
unman (cause to lose one's nerve)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The bad news will unnerve him
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