Download the app
educalingo
Search
In retrospect, the most unnerving aspect of being openly gay was that it turned out to be as disappointingly normal as being straight.
Lance Loud

Meaning of "unnerving" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF UNNERVING

unnerving  [ʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNNERVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unnerving is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNNERVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unnerving in the English dictionary

The definition of unnerving in the dictionary is if you describe something as unnerving, you mean that it makes you feel worried or uncomfortable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNNERVING


approving
əˈpruːvɪŋ
believing
bɪˈliːvɪŋ
carving
ˈkɑːvɪŋ
deceiving
dɪˈsiːvɪŋ
deserving
dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ
earthmoving
ˈɜːθˌmuːvɪŋ
fast-moving
ˌfɑːstˈmuːvɪŋ
grieving
ˈɡriːvɪŋ
improving
ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ
Irving
ˈɜːvɪŋ
leaving
ˈliːvɪŋ
moving
ˈmuːvɪŋ
nerving
ˈnɜːvɪŋ
serving
ˈsɜːvɪŋ
starving
ˈstɑːvɪŋ
timeserving
ˈtaɪmˌsɜːvɪŋ
undeserving
ˌʌndɪˈzɜːvɪŋ
unobserving
ˌʌnəbˈzɜːvɪŋ
unswerving
ʌnˈswɜːvɪŋ
weaving
ˈwiːvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNNERVING

unneath
unnecessarily
unnecessariness
unnecessary
unneeded
unneedful
unneedfully
unnegotiable
unneighborly
unneighboured
unneighbourly
unnerve
unnerved
unnervingly
unnest
unnetted
unneurotic
unnewsworthy
unnilhexium
unnilpentium

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNNERVING

craving
diving
driving
engraving
giving
living
loving
problem-solving
proving
raving
rock carving
saving
self-serving
shaving
shelving
surviving
thanksgiving
thriving
wood carving
woodcarving

Synonyms and antonyms of unnerving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNNERVING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unnerving» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unnerving

Translation of «unnerving» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF UNNERVING

Find out the translation of unnerving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unnerving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unnerving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使人不安的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inquietante
570 millions of speakers

English

unnerving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हतोत्साहित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأعصاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нервирует
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aterrorizante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাহসশূন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

troublant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengerikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entnervend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どぎまぎするような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

걱정하게 하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unnerving
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáng sợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடையறாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेशिस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinir bozucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inquietante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niepokojące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нервує
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

enervantă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ατάραχη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontsenu
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unnerving
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nervepirrende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unnerving

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNNERVING»

The term «unnerving» is regularly used and occupies the 62.771 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
71
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «unnerving» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of unnerving
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «unnerving».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNNERVING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unnerving» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unnerving» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unnerving

EXAMPLES

8 QUOTES WITH «UNNERVING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unnerving.
1
Tina Brown
Perhaps Obama is often slow to nail controversies because he needs time to live inside them for a while in his head. It's unnerving for the rest of us, but even the haters, one feels, are made to think more deeply than they'd like before they return to the bickering and the games.
2
Reeve Carney
It's always mildly unnerving when you're hanging upside down 70 feet in the air.
3
Jenna Fischer
You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time.
4
Andy Goldsworthy
It's frightening and unnerving to watch a stone melt.
5
Chris Hardwick
What's more unnerving than magnetism, ghosts, and unpurified water? Gadgetmongers who purport to protect us from metaphysical monsters that go bump in the New Age night.
6
Lance Loud
In retrospect, the most unnerving aspect of being openly gay was that it turned out to be as disappointingly normal as being straight.
7
Jason Priestley
Well, any time you're faced with fame on that level, it's - it can be somewhat unnerving because you're never taught how to manage it and how to deal with it. So you're sort of left out there on your own, trying to navigate those waters for yourself.
8
Lauren Lee Smith
Every time I was driving on the L.A. freeway in a small car, it was very unnerving for me. One time I rented an SUV, and it just changed my whole perspective of driving, and I was converted to SUVs from that day on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNNERVING»

Discover the use of unnerving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unnerving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unnerving: A Novel of Suspense
A Novel of Suspense Karen J. Gallahue. UNNERVING UNNERVING A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE KAREN J. GALLAHUE.
Karen J. Gallahue, 2013
2
Every You, Every Me
Evan is haunted by the loss of his best friend, but when mysterious photographs start appearing, he begins to fall apart as he starts to wonder if she has returned, seeking vengeance.
‎2012
3
Horse Secrets
HORSE 'sr~:cns-rs 23 Unnerving and Cocaining. Chronic lameness is done away with by skilful obliteration of the large nerves which supply the affected parts with sensation. The operation is termed nerving or unnerving in common parlance ...
‎1911
4
That memory book: distractibility, forgetfulness and other ...
She consults experts around the world in the fields of sleep, stress, traumatic brain injury, hormones, genetics and dementia, as well as specialists in nutrition, cognitive psychology and the burgeoning field of drug-based cognitive ...
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, 2007
5
Fast-Talking Dames
Thisisone of the moresocially unnerving consequences of allowing women to re- tain thereins ofself-guidance.Unnerving formen,who must sharethe world, at least the eroticworld,with equals; unnerving for women, ...
Maria DiBattista, 2001
6
Queensland Agricultural Journal
Suitable Subjects. Not every horse that is permanently lame is a fit subject for unnerving. Discredit was early brought ulxin the operation for want of judicious selection. A low, weak foot is liable to fever, when pounded on the ground, with no ...
‎1907
7
I Drink for a Reason
How. to. Play. “Mafia,”. the. Funnest. yet. Most. Unnerving. Game. Ever. Invented. LISTEN, I LOVE GAMES JUST AS MUCH AS THE NEXT FELLA, BUT I, like you, tend to get a little apprehensive when one of my friends decides to hold “game ...
David Cross, 2009
8
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Moods
Unnerving. Intensely painful emotions can overwhelm or scare people. This is understandable. They are hard to face personally and it's also dammed hard for a lot of us to witness suffering in others (especially in those we know and love).
John Preston, Psy.D., ABPP., 2006
9
The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings
thought of me being called out of hiding is unnerving. I don't think I want to be seen. Many years ago, during my life in the theater, I received a standing ovation for a performance. The audience was literally on its feet, cheering. What actor ...
John Eldredge
10
Farm Knowledge: A Complete Manual of Successful Farming ...
Unnerving. (Neurotomy). This operation consists in cutting down upon and removing a part of a nerve through which pain is felt so as to remove the power of the animal to suffer pain from some incurable condition. It can be properly done only ...
Edward Loomis Davenport Seymour, 1919

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNNERVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unnerving is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Humans recap: season one, episode seven – outstanding and …
Humans recap: season one, episode seven – outstanding and unnerving. The penultimate instalment of the suburban sci-fi drama moves up another gear with ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Teammate's Crash Is Reminder to Chris Froome That No Lead Is Safe
Everyone's descending was made slightly more unnerving by another day of heat that softened the road surface in spots. Earlier in the stage, the mushy tarmac ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Wilful Disregard by Lena Andersson review – succinct, raw and …
She barely bothers to flesh out the landscape, or people's lives and backstories, yet the bones are enough: succinct, raw and unnerving. And, though the cover ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Combat vets may experience 'unnerving' PTSD from Fourth of July …
Bouchet, who works in live music and event production, has experienced what he calls this "unnerving" effect even on the job. "If there are pyrotechnics in a ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
5
Unnerving end to the week could finally break stock logjam
That elusive new high on the Nasdaq has been dangling in front of us for a while now. In fact, never has the tech-heavy index been this close for this long without ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
6
This Unnerving C-SPAN Call to Dennis Hastert Makes His …
Screen-Shot-2015-05-29-at-11.11.58- Yesterday's stunning indictment against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert had few official details on the ... «Mediaite, May 15»
7
Video Shows Unnerving Encounter Between Bears and Tourists in …
An encounter between humans and wildlife took an unnerving turn when a group of people and several bears found themselves a little too close to each other ... «KTLA, May 15»
8
Watch This Unnerving Video of Defense Department's Self-Steering …
The U.S. military has developed a self-steering bullet that can change direction midair to hit a moving target, and now you can see it in action. The Department of ... «TIME, Apr 15»
9
Opinion: Wall Street's morality movement is a bit unnerving
Longstanding Wall Street policy held that wrongdoers — especially heavy-hitting wrongdoers — needed only to say that they did nothing wrong … and promise ... «MarketWatch, Apr 15»
10
Why this bearish market outlook is especially unnerving
Bears, take heart. If you've been embarrassed because your friends think you're too gloomy about the stock market, you can now point them to your new buddy ... «The Globe and Mail, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Unnerving [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/unnerving>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z