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UNMAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: unmanned    , unmanning   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to lose one's nerve

Example:

an unmanning experience

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "unman" is one way to...):

enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle (disturb the composure of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will unman him

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