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Unnerving   /ənˈərvɪŋ/   Listen
Unnerving

adjective
1.
Inspiring fear.  Synonyms: formidable, redoubtable.  "A tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic" , "Something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"





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"Unnerving" Quotes from Famous Books



... any kind of hint or warning to prepare one for the unnerving contrast of the change, was war—raw, ...
— The Way of the Wild • F. St. Mars
... experience was making her distrust herself, and the storm was more and more unnerving her. She feared she could not ...
— The Shield of Silence • Harriet T. Comstock


Words linked to "Unnerving" :   redoubtable, alarming


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