UNNERVING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for UNNERVING?

Need another word that means the same as “unnerving”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “unnerving” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Unnerving” are: formidable, redoubtable

Unnerving as an Adjective

Definitions of "Unnerving" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unnerving” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Causing one to lose courage or confidence; disconcerting.
• Inspiring fear.

Synonyms of "Unnerving" as an adjective (2 Words)

formidable	Extremely impressive in strength or excellence. Had a formidable array of compositions to his credit.
redoubtable	Worthy of respect or honor. A tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel clicking jackbooted fanatic.

Usage Examples of "Unnerving" as an adjective

• An unnerving experience.
• Something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall.

Associations of "Unnerving" (30 Words)

appall	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
browbeat	Be bossy towards. A witness is being browbeaten under cross examination.
bully	Be bossy towards. He is a ranting domineering bully.
daunt	Cause to lose courage. Some people are daunted by technology.
demoralize	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. She hastened her daughter s steps lest she be demoralized by beholding the free manners of these mad English.
deprave	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. This book would deprave and corrupt young children.
depress	Reduce the level or strength of activity in (something, especially an economic or biological system. Fear of inflation in America depressed bond markets.
deter	Try to prevent; show opposition to. Strategists think not only about how to deter war but about how war might occur.
disconcert	Disturb the composure of; unsettle. The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.
discourage	Deprive of courage or hope take away hope from cause to feel discouraged. We should discourage this practice among our youth.
dishearten	Take away the enthusiasm of. The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops.
dissuade	Turn away from by persuasion. His friends tried to dissuade him from flying.
embarrass	Cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self conscious. She wouldn t embarrass either of them by making a scene.
faze	Disturb or disconcert (someone. She was not fazed by his show of anger.
fright	Frighten. I jumped up in fright.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me.
frown	Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one’s forehead, as if to signal disapproval. He frowned as he reread the letter.
hector	Be bossy towards. She doesn t hector us about giving up things.
horror	A literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror. Horrors two buttons were missing.
intimidate	Make timid or fearful. Her boss intimidates her.
intimidation	A communication that makes you afraid to try something. The election was marred by allegations of government intimidation and vote rigging.
menace	A threatening quality or atmosphere. Africa s elephants are still menaced by poaching.
petrify	Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright. Slogans petrify our thinking.
scare	Become scared. I was scared stiff.
scowl	Frown in an angry or bad-tempered way. She stamped into the room with a scowl on her face.
stun	Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag. The news stunned her.
terrify	Fill with terror; frighten greatly. She was terrified he would drop her.
terror	Terrorism. His delivery is the terror of even world class batsmen.
threaten	To be a menacing indication of something. The trade unions threatened a general strike.
unsettle	Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb. The crisis has unsettled financial markets.