unnerve

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ nerve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v

Verb

unnerve (third-person singular simple present unnerves, present participle unnerving, simple past and past participle unnerved)

1. To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.

   to unnerve the arm

2. 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.

Derived terms

• unnervingly

 

Translations

deprive of nerve, force or strength

• Bulgarian: обезсилвам (bg) (obezsilvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使虛弱／使虚弱 (shǐ xūruò)

• Finnish: lamauttaa (fi)
• French: affaiblir (fr)
• Latin: debilito
• Russian: истощать (ru) (istoščatʹ), ослаблять (ru) (oslabljatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: debilitar (es), enervar (es)

upset

• Bulgarian: нервирам (bg) (nerviram), разстройвам (bg) (razstrojvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使不安 (shǐ bù'ān)

• Finnish: hermostuttaa (fi), hermostua (fi)
• French: énerver (fr)
• Latin: ēnervō
• Maori: whakahārangi, kōnatunatu
• Russian: огорчать (ru) (ogorčatʹ), обескураживать (ru) (obeskuraživatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: uznemiriti (sh), (adj. "unnerving") jeziv (sh) m, živcirati (sh)
• Spanish: enervar (es)
• Ukrainian: нервува́ти (nervuváty)

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verzwakken (nl)