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unnerves

unnerves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unnerve.

Meaning of unnerve

Verb

unnerve (third-person singular simple present unnerves, present participle unnerving, simple past and past participle unnerved)

  1. To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.
    • to unnerve the arm
  2. To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.
    • I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country.

Questions about unnerves

What is unnerves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unnerves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unnerve.

Words near unnerves in the dictionary

  1. unnerved
  2. unnervedly
  3. unnervedness
  4. unnerver
  5. unnervers
  6. unnerves
  7. unnerving
  8. unnervingly
  9. unnervingness
  10. unnervous
  11. unnessary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unnerves (page history and authors); unnerve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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