English verb: unnerve | |||
1. | unnerve (emotion) disturb the composure of | ||
Examples | The bad news will unnerve him | ||
Synonyms | enervate, faze, unsettle | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | unman | ||