Information about the word unnerve (English → Esperanto: konsterni)

Synonyms: appal, dismay, puzzle, alarm, dumbfound, stun, stupefy, disconcert, startle, stagger, take aback, astound, upset, discomfit

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ʌnˈnɜːv/
Hyphenationun·nerve
Shavian alphabet𐑳𐑯𐑯𐑻𐑝
Deseret alphabet𐐲𐑌𐑌𐐲𐑉𐑂

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) unnerve(I) unnerved
(thou) unnervest(thou) unnervedst
(he) unnerves, unnerveth(he) unnerved
(we) unnerve(we) unnerved
(you) unnerve(you) unnerved
(they) unnerve(they) unnerved
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) unnerve (I) unnerved
(thou) unnerve(thou) unnerved
(he) unnerve(he) unnerved
(we) unnerve(we) unnerved
(you) unnerve(you) unnerved
(they) unnerve(they) unnerved
Imperative mood
unnerve
Participles
Present participlePast participle
unnervingunnerved

Usage samples

The scene of my excavations would alone have been enough to unnerve any ordinary man.
The meeting comes just hours after the Commerce Department showed in a report that the US economy had its worst quarter since 2022 as Trump’s significant policy changes unnerved consumers and businesses.

Translations

Afrikaansontstel
Catalanconsternar
Dutchvan streek brengen
Esperantokonsterni
Finnishällistyttää
Frenchconsterner; stupéfier; abasourdir
Germanbestürzt machen; in Bestürzung versetzen; konsternieren; bestürzen; betroffen machen; konsternierend; in große Bestürzung versetzen
Portugueseatordoar; bestificar; desconcertar
Saterland Frisianbestat moakje; ferbiesterje
Spanishconsternar