Meaning

2 senses

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

    to unnerve the arm

    истощатьistoščatʹ, ослаблятьoslabljatʹ

  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.

    огорчатьogorčatʹ, обескураживатьobeskuraživatʹ

    нервува́тиnervuváty

More definitions
  • disturb the composure of

Examples

22 sentences

  1. Tom is unnerved.

    Том засмучений. — deniko

    ruТом обескуражен. — odexed

    deTom ist entnervt. — Felixjp

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  2. Things like that can be unnerving.

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  3. Tom looks unnerved.

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  4. I'm still kind of unnerved.

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  5. It was unnerving to be there.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
upset:
Русский
By meaning 2
deprive of nerve, force or strength:
upset:

Forms

unnerves, unnerving, unnerved, unnerved
Base formunnerve · to unnerve
3rd person singularunnerves
Present participleunnerving
Past simpleunnerved
Past participleunnerved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunnerve
he, she, itunnerves

Past simpleLesson

all personsunnerved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unnerved
he, she, ithas unnerved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unnerve

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunnerver

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unnaturalB2unnaturallyunnecessarilyunnecessaryA2unnoticedunounobtrusiveC2unoccupiedC1
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