Meaning of UNNERVE
Pronunciation: | | un'nurv
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [v] disturb the composure of |
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| Synonyms: | | enervate, faze, unsettle |
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| See Also: | | discomfit, discompose, disconcert, unman, untune, upset | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Un*nerve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nerve.]
To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to
enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.
Unequal match'd, . . . The unnerved father falls.
--Shak.
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