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 | ||