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unnerve
Synonyms and Antonyms of unnerve
- The riding accident so unnerved me that for a while I was afraid to get back on a horse.
debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, neuter, weaken
prostrate, sap, soften, tire, waste
frighten, intimidate, psych (out), scare, terrify, terrorize
daunt, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit
craze, derange, madden, unbalance, unhinge
discompose, disquiet, disturb, faze, perturb, unsettle, upset, weird out
- A figure skater can't afford to be unnerved by an occasional slipup.
throw cold water on
Synonym Discussion of unnerve
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- unnerved by the near collision
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- a nation's youth enervated by affluence and leisure
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- a soldier unmanned by the terrors of battle
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- an amendment that emasculates existing safeguards
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