"unnerve" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unnerve.wav Forms: unnerves [present, singular, third-person], unnerving [participle, present], unnerved [participle, past], unnerved [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v Etymology: From un- + nerve. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|nerve|id1=reversive}} un- + nerve Head templates: {{en-verb}} unnerve (third-person singular simple present unnerves, present participle unnerving, simple past and past participle unnerved)
  1. To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate. Translations (deprive of nerve, force or strength): обезсилвам (obezsilvam) (Bulgarian), 使虛弱 (Chinese Mandarin), 使虚弱 (shǐ xūruò) (Chinese Mandarin), lamauttaa (Finnish), affaiblir (French), debilito (Latin), истощать (istoščatʹ) (Russian), ослаблять (oslabljatʹ) (Russian), debilitar (Spanish), enervar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unnerve-en-verb-SXlvuKfy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'deprive of nerve, force or strength': 99 1
  2. To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of. Translations (upset): нервирам (nerviram) (Bulgarian), разстройвам (razstrojvam) (Bulgarian), 使不安 (shǐ bù'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), hermostuttaa (Finnish), hermostua (Finnish), énerver (French), whakahārangi (Maori), kōnatunatu (Maori), огорчать (ogorčatʹ) (Russian), обескураживать (obeskuraživatʹ) (Russian), uznemiriti (Serbo-Croatian), jeziv (note: adj. "unnerving") [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), živcirati (Serbo-Croatian), enervar (Spanish), нервува́ти (nervuváty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unnerve-en-verb-TFHlei1a Disambiguation of 'upset': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unnervingly

Inflected forms

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      "word": "нервува́ти"
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