Un nerve

un·nerve

[uhn-nurv]
verb (used with object), un·nerved, un·nerv·ing.
to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.

Origin:
1595–1605; un-2 + nerve

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unnerve (ʌnˈnɜːv) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to cause to lose courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc

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Un nerve is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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unnerve
1621, "to destroy the strength of," from un- (2) + nerve. Meaning "to deprive of courage" is recorded from 1704.
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