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What is another word for unnerving?

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Adjective

Causing one to feel unease or discomfort

Causing distress, dread or alarm

Startling, surprising or shocking in an unexpected way

Requiring great effort or exertion

Noun

Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will

Verb

Present participle for to emotionally or mentally upset or alarm someone

Present participle for to divest or deprive of confidence or courage

Present participle for to cause to become physically weaker

Present participle for to deprive of physical sensation or feeling

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Adjective

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Causing one to feel unease or discomfort

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“As I walked down the half-busy streets to work this morning, I could sense the unnerving feeling people had.”

Adjective

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Causing distress, dread or alarm

somber^US

sombre^UK

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

humorless^US

humourless^UK

unfavorable^US

bedevilling^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

bedeviling^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

gray^US

grey^UK

paralysing^UK

meagre^UK

meager^US

paralyzing^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

too horrible for words

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

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Adjective

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Startling, surprising or shocking in an unexpected way

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Adjective

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Requiring great effort or exertion

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

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Noun

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Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

demanding money with menaces

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Verb

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Present participle for to emotionally or mentally upset or alarm someone

causing someone to lose their composure

putting someone off their stroke

rattling one's cage

throwing into tizzy

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“Healthcare professionals should not withhold information out of concern that it will upset or unnerve a patient.”

Verb

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Present participle for to divest or deprive of confidence or courage

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

unstringing

putting someone off their stroke

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

pestering

overwhelming

bowling over

stopping someone in their tracks

browbeating

knocking the stuffing out of

scaring the bejesus out of

putting someone off their stride

scaring the living daylights out of

tyrannizing^US

throwing into a panic

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

tyrannising^UK

putting out of countenance

scaring away

picking on

hacking off

making someone scratch their head

throwing into a tizzy

giving someone grief

curdling the blood

causing to be at a stand

making teeth chatter

boggling

making one's hair stand on end

making one's blood run cold

ticking off

taking your breath away

putting into a flap

taking the wind out of your sails

throwing cold water on

enfeebling

making afraid

throwing a curve

pouring cold water on

scaring the pants off

bringing low

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

egging on

putting the fear of God into

agonizing^US

throwing into a blue funk

making someone jump out of their skin

agonising^UK

making someone's hair stand on end

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

driving mad

antagonising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

throwing into a fright

giving a hard time

knocking over

giving someone the blues

blowing your mind

knocking over with feather

causing someone to lose their composure

galvanizing^US

making self-conscious

galvanising^UK

messing with one's head

scaring the daylights out of

nauseating

scandalizing^US

blinding someone with something

scaring the pants off of

making someone jump out of his skin

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

rubbing the wrong way

throwing into disarray

making someone shake in their shoes

sending into a cold sweat

scaring the life out of

making fearful

scaring the hell out of

giving someone a fright

frightening the living daylights out of

frightening to death

frightening the life out of

frightening someone out of their wits

balking^US

baulking^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

making someone fed up

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

grossing out

shaking out of your complacency

upsetting the applecart

beating down

riding roughshod over

pushing about

using strong-arm tactics on

dampening the spirits of

causing to lose heart

befogging

mazing

giving someone the hump

driving round the bend

rubbing up the wrong way

driving you up the wall

getting on your nerves

teeing off

getting on one's nerves

getting under your skin

driving up the wall

driving to distraction

trying your patience

wildering

turning on the heat

chilling to the marrow

setting someone thinking

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

scaring someone half to death

filling with consternation

bringing tears to your eyes

filling with loathing

breaking the heart of

frightening out of your wits

shattering the illusions of

lobotomizing

casting a gloom on

knocking the wind out of

sweating out

desiccating

harshing one's mellow

putting someone's nose out of joint

treading on someone's toes

getting your goat

running down

sending over the edge

squashing

blanketing

harshing someone's mellow

hanging over

making desolate

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

letting wind out of sails

knocking down

cutting down to size

puncturing balloon

taking down a peg or two

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“Again, he chuckled as if this whole train of events was nothing but some outrageous mischief meant to unnerve me.”

Verb

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Present participle for to cause to become physically weaker

Verb

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Present participle for to deprive of physical sensation or feeling

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

tranquillising^UK

tranquilizing^US

dullening

rendering insensitive

cauterizing^US

cauterising^UK

rendering unconscious

depriving of sensation

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