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unnerve
[ uhn-nurv ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset:
Fear unnerved him.
unnerve
/ ʌˈɜː /
verb
- tr to cause to lose courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc
Example Sentences
Too often, the desire to unnerve audiences takes priority, resulting in the metaphor being muddled between jump scares and gore.
And there, like an old friend, is Cronenberg’s regular composer Howard Shore with a synth moan to keep the mood unnerving.
She’s unnerved by the news images of undocumented immigrants being loaded onto planes, shackled like violent criminals, and returned to their native countries.
I sat for a Bachardy portrait in 1983 — one of two he made that day is in the Huntington exhibition — and the experience was unnerving.
Villa's Champions League odyssey ended with defeat by Paris St-Germain, but the manner in which they unnerved arguably the most impressive side in this season's competition demonstrated that they belonged in this elite company.
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