Thesaurus
unnerve
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of UNNERVE
1
to deprive of courage or confidence <the riding accident so unnerved me that for a while I was afraid to get back on a horse>
Related Words debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, neuter, weaken; prostrate, sap, soften, tire, waste; frighten, intimidate, psych (out), scare, terrify, terrorize; daunt, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit; craze, derange, madden, unbalance, unhinge; discompose, disquiet, disturb, faze, perturb, unsettle, upset, weird out
Antonyms nerve
2
to lessen the courage or confidence of <a figure skater can't afford to be unnerved by an occasional slipup>
Related Words browbeat, bully, cow, intimidate; depress, sadden, weigh; afflict, try; damp, dampen, deaden; distress, trouble; bother, irk, vex, worry; debilitate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken; frighten, horrify, scare
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