English-Thai Dictionary

unnerve

ADJ ทำให้ ตกใจ  tam-hai-tok-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNNERVE

v.t.unnerv'. To deprive of nerve, force or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.

 

UNNERVED

pp. 1. Deprived of strength.
2. a. Weak; feeble.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNNERVE

Un *nerve ", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + nerve. ]

 

Defn: To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm. Unequal match'd,... The unnerved father falls. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unnerve

un nerve |ˌənˈnərv ˌənˈnərv | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone ) lose courage or confidence: the bleakness of his gaze unnerved her | (as adj. unnerving ) : an unnerving experience. DERIVATIVES un nerv ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

unnerve

un |nerve |ʌnˈnəːv | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone ) lose courage or confidence: (as adj. unnerving ) : an unnerving experience. DERIVATIVES unnervingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unnerve

unnerve verb the bleakness of his gaze unnerved her: demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, daunt, alarm, frighten, dismay, disconcert, discompose, perturb, upset, discomfit, take aback, unsettle, disquiet, fluster, agitate, shake, ruffle, throw off balance; informal rattle, faze, shake up, discombobulate. ANTONYMS hearten.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

unnerve

unnerve verb the bleakness of his gaze unnerved her: demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, daunt, cow, alarm, frighten, unman, dismay, distress, disconcert, discompose, perturb, upset, discomfit, take aback, unsettle, disquiet, jolt, startle, fluster, agitate, shake, ruffle, throw, throw off balance, put someone off their stroke, cause someone to lose their composure, confound, panic, stupefy, stun; informal rattle, faze, put into a flap, throw into a tizz, discombobulate, shake up; Brit. informal put the wind up. ANTONYMS encourage, hearten.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

unnerve

ù n n é rve 動詞 他動詞 …の気力を失わせる, 勇気 [自信 ]を失わせる ; …をびっくりさせる .