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UNNERVE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unnerve ... he / she / it unnerves
Past simple: unnerved
Past participle: unnerved
-ing form: unnerving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disturb the composure of
Synonyms:
enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle
Classified under:
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
