Unnerved

  • 21unnerve — UK US /ʌnˈnɜːv/ verb [T] ► to make someone feel nervous or less confident: »Talk of an economic slowdown has so far failed to unnerve American markets. be unnerved by sth »Investors were unnerved by recent profit warnings …

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  • 22unstrung — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unhinged, unnerved, distraught, agitated. Slang, jittery. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unnerved, nervous, upset; see weak 2 , 3 …

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  • 23Impotence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impotence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impotence impotence Sgm: N 1 inability inability disability Sgm: N 1 disablement disablement impuissance imbecility Sgm: N 1 incapacity incapacity incapability …

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  • 24Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …

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  • 25unnerve — UK [ʌnˈnɜː(r)v] / US [ʌnˈnɜrv] verb [transitive] Word forms unnerve : present tense I/you/we/they unnerve he/she/it unnerves present participle unnerving past tense unnerved past participle unnerved to make someone nervous or frightened Derived… …

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  • 26unnerve — [unnʉrv′] vt. unnerved, unnerving 1. to cause to lose one s courage, self confidence, etc. 2. to make feel weak, nervous, etc. SYN. UNNERVE implies a causing to lose courage or self control as by shocking, dismaying, etc. [the screams unnerved… …

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  • 27Unnerve — Un*nerve , v. t. [1st pref. un + nerve.] To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm. [1913 Webster] Unequal match d, . . . The unnerved father falls. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28Whiff — Whiff, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. [1913 Webster] But …

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  • 29unnerve — transitive verb Date: 1601 1. to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness 2. to cause to become nervous ; upset • unnervingly adverb Synonyms: unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for… …

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  • 30Alfred Edward Housman — (pronEng|ˈhaʊsmən; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was a classical scholar and English poet best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad . Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems were mostly written …

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