unnerving Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disturb the composure of
    faze; unsettle; enervate; unnerve.
  2. adjective satellite inspiring fear
    redoubtable; formidable.
    • 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

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