What is another word for unnerving?
Pronunciation:
[ ʌnnˈɜːvɪŋ], [ ʌnnˈɜːvɪŋ], [ ʌ_n_n_ˈɜː_v_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for unnerving:
- appalling (adjective)
- disquieting (adjective)
- frightening (adjective)
- frightful/frightening (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- scary (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- worrisome (adjective)
- alarming (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- frightening (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Unnerving:
adj.
• appalling (adjective)- more daunting,
- more unnerving,
- grodier,
- more disheartening,
- most scaring,
- dis heartening,
- Ender,
- most petrifying,
- more petrifying,
- most unnerving,
- endest,
- un nerving,
- more scaring,
- most disheartening,
- most daunting,
- dis-heartening,
- most dismaying,
- dis-maying,
- more dismaying,
- dis maying,
- un-nerving,
- grodiest.
- more disconcerting,
- most vexing,
- dis-concerting,
- most troubling,
- dis concerting,
- dis-quieting,
- more troubling,
- troubling,
- dis quieting,
- more vexing,
- un settling,
- most disconcerting,
- un-settling.
- hairraising,
- hair raising,
- horrendous,
- more grabber,
- grisly,
- un speakable,
- more horrifying,
- in-conceivable,
- un-speakable,
- unspeakable,
- in conceivable,
- most grabber,
- fearsome,
- most traumatic,
- more traumatic,
- portentous,
- most horrifying.
- grabber,
- worrisome,
- disquieting,
- the end,
- traumatic,
- spine-chilling,
- appalling,
- scary,
- grody,
- terrible.
- most spine chilling,
- most spinechilling,
- most spine-chilling,
- scarier,
- more spinechilling,
- more spine chilling,
- spinechilling,
- more spine-chilling,
- spine chilling.
n.
• alarming (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• frightening (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words: • Other relevant words (noun):- dismaying,
- bewildering,
- agonizing,
- heart-rending,
- Crawly,
- startling,
- disconcerting,
- uneasy,
- chilling,
- dreadful,
- unsettling,
- Discomposing,
- discouraging,
- awkward,
- anxious,
- fearful,
- daunting,
- glorious,
- spooky,
- weakening,
- confusing,
- disheartening,
- Inciting,
- perplexing,
- demoralizing,
- perturbing,
- horrid,
- embarrassing,
- hairy,
- frightful,
- horrible,
- illustrious,
- ill at ease,
- confounding,
- torturous,
- baffling,
- distressing,
- nerve-racking,
- debilitating,
- puzzling,
- upsetting,
- tense,
- restless,
- vexing,
- Discomfiting,
- off-putting,
- eerie,
- enervating,
- worrying,
- dire,
- hair-raising,
- shocking,
- tricky,
- enfeebling,
- respected,
- painful,
- creepy,
- distressful,
- fraught,
- Emasculating,
- nerve-wracking,
- Riling,
- nail-biting,
- unmanning,
- blood-curdling.
How to use "Unnerving" in context?
When people think of the word "unnerving," they may think of something that is deliberately unsettling or frightening. However, the word can also be used to describe something that is genuinely disturbing, even if it was not meant to be. For example, a noise that is unexpectedly loud or a smell that is overpowering can be unnerving. It can be hard to focus on anything or to stay calm when something bothers us in this way.
Paraphrases for Unnerving:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
disconcerting, disturbing, puzzling, upsetting.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
boring, confusing, disruptive, Distracting, screwed-up.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
annoying, baffling, disquieting, distressing, irritating, perplexing, troubling, unsettling.
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Adjective
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