unnerve

Definition

To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.

Etymology

From un- + nerve.

Example Sentences

• "to unnerve the arm"
• "I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country."
• "But new immigration is no longer the primary driver of the growing racial, ethnic and religious diversity that unnerves much of the GOP coalition."