unnerved; unnerving; unnerves
1
: to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness
2
: to cause to become nervous : upset
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Examples of unnerve in a Sentence
Seeing the police in there unnerved me.
She was unnerved by his strange manner.
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Trump’s possible return has unnerved NATO leaders as the Republican former president called into question U.S. willingness to support other members of the alliance if they were attacked.
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Reuters, NBC News, 26 June 2024
After all, a great power is unlikely to be effective if its foreign policy lurches from administration to administration in a way that unnerves allies, provides openings to adversaries, confuses voters, and makes impossible any long-term commitment to building global norms and institutions.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2021
There’s no shortage of risks that could unnerve markets in the coming months.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 18 June 2024
More:Campus protesters unnerved and alarmed as police in riot gear shut down demonstrations
Rachel Smith, John Bacon, Eduardo Cuevas, Jorge L. Ortiz and Thao Nguyen contributed to this article.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 26 June 2024
After all, a great power is unlikely to be effective if its foreign policy lurches from administration to administration in a way that unnerves allies, provides openings to adversaries, confuses voters, and makes impossible any long-term commitment to building global norms and institutions.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2021
There’s no shortage of risks that could unnerve markets in the coming months.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 18 June 2024
More:Campus protesters unnerved and alarmed as police in riot gear shut down demonstrations
Rachel Smith, John Bacon, Eduardo Cuevas, Jorge L. Ortiz and Thao Nguyen contributed to this article.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2024
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unnerve
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un·nerve
ˌən-ˈnərv 
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unnerved; unnerving
: to deprive of nerve, courage, or self-control
the accident unnerved me
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