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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-nurv
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈnɜrv



Definition of unnerved

Origin :
  • 1620s, "to destroy the strength of," from un- (2) + nerve. Meaning "to deprive of courage" is recorded from 1704. Related: Unnerved; unnerving.
  • verb upset, intimidate
Example sentences :
  • The truth was, he admitted ruefully to himself, they unnerved him.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • She has had a very trying and terrible experience and I do not wonder that she is unnerved.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
  • He did not look in the least unnerved by the terrible ordeal.
  • Extract from : « Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; » by "Noname"
  • "It was that madman rushing in unnerved her," Copplestone cried fiercely.
  • Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
  • But the glassy stare of the motionless figure had unnerved her.
  • Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
  • You are unnerved, child; the events of the morning have been too much for you.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • The other girls were sorry but not really shaken or unnerved by the news.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed
  • The rapidly succeeding incidents of that day and night had unnerved him, also.
  • Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman
  • Madeleine was unnerved by the agitating incidents of the morning.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • He had given way too long to maddening thoughts, and they had unnerved him.
  • Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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