unnerving

[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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Unnerving is always a great word to know.

So is slumgullion. Does it mean:

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Example Sentences

By opening up my narrative, it invites speculation into private areas of my life that is quite unnerving.

His risky, pause-free staging highlighted the unnerving concurrences between the plays.

WordNet

unnerving
adjective
inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall" [syn: formidable]

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