What does unnerving mean?
Unnerving means present participle and gerund of unnerve.
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/ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of unnerve.
Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).
The situation was unnerving, and dangerous.
Use unnerving when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unnerving means present participle and gerund of unnerve.
Common synonyms include formidable, alarming, redoubtable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).
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