unnerve

Meaning

1. To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.
2. To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.

Synonyms

enervate

unsettle

intimidate

frighten

alarm

irritate

scare

😨

upset

faze

dismay

disquiet

fluster

fright

overpower

perturb

petrify

ruffle

spook

stampede

startle

terrify

terrorize

make insecure

trouble

make uncertain

agitate

make unsure

annoy

bother

buffalo

cow

🐮

debilitate

discomfit

discompose

disconcert

Translations

énerver

εκνευρίζω

enervar

déconcerter

verzwakken

affaiblir

desconcertar

enervar

torbar

entnerven

pertorbar

schwächen

verunsichern

διαταράσσω

اجرض

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v/

Etymology

From un- + nerve.