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UNNERVING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inspiring fear

Example:

something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall

Synonyms:

formidable; redoubtable; unnerving

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb unnerve

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