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unnervingly Definition


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unnerve
verb
    1. To deprive of strength; to weaken.
    2. To deprive someone of courage or confidence; to make them feel ill at ease or disconcerted.
      Thesaurus: scare, frighten, shake, upset, worry, fluster, rattle, unhinge, disconcert; discourage, dismay, dispirit; Antonym: brace, nerve, steel.
Derivative: unnervingly
adverb
    Disquietingly; unsettlingly.
Etymology: 17c.



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