unnerving

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/

Verb

unnerving

  1. present participle and gerund of unnerve

Adjective

unnerving (comparative more unnerving, superlative most unnerving)

  1. Causing a deprivation of courage, strength, confidence, etc.
    • 2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue‎[1]:
      Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).
    • 2020 June 15, Eva Holland, “In a Crisis, We Can Learn From Trauma Therapy”, in The New York Times‎[2], archived from the original on 15 June 2020:
      The situation was unnerving, and dangerous.
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