Thesaurus / unnerving
other words for unnerving
- agitate
- bewilder
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- demoralize
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- distract
- fluster
- frighten
- perturb
- rattle
- sap
- shake
- undermine
- unsettle
- weaken
- buffalo
- disarm
- discombobulate
- enervate
- enfeeble
- floor
- needle
- ride
- spook
- throw
- unhinge
- bowl over
- get to
- give a turn
- psych out
- throw off
- uncalm
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While the move befitted Netflix’s “earn your place each year” corporate ethos, it has unnerved employees within its original programming division and been followed by three more content executives leaving the company.
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For seconds nothing happened on the screen, unnerving seconds while the two men held their breath.
EMPIRECLIFFORD DONALD SIMAK
The preparations for the funeral were so frightful, and all the thoughts it brought so unnerving, that I was almost ill.
RICHARD VANDERMARCKMIRIAM COLES HARRIS
It was a timid shadow—perhaps a shadow of strange and unnerving experiences.
THE APE, THE IDIOT & OTHER PEOPLEW. C. MORROW
Her witchery is unnerving me, he silently muttered, as he felt his will-power was dominant no longer.
AN OREGON GIRLALFRED ERNEST RICE
Driven forth again I fly home, accompanied by the unnerving tones of the mirliton pipes.
THE INFERNOAUGUST STRINDBERG
At the unnerving touch of sympathy Evelyn's grief broke out afresh.
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Yet, for all of that, the meeting with any black-snake is so unlocked for as always to be unnerving.
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The devastating loneliness that swept him at the sight of the still body was unnerving.
The scream was decidedly the most unnerving of the various phenomena.
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WORDS RELATED TO UNNERVING
- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awesome
- awful
- chilling
- daunting
- dire
- direful
- dismaying
- disquieting
- dread
- dreadful
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- ghastly
- grabber
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hairy
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconceivable
- intimidating
- lurid
- macabre
- menacing
- morbid
- ominous
- petrifying
- portentous
- repellent
- spooky
- terrible
- terrifying
- traumatic
- unnerving
- unspeakable
- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awesome
- awful
- chilling
- daunting
- dire
- direful
- dismaying
- disquieting
- dread
- dreadful
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- ghastly
- grabber
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hairy
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconceivable
- intimidating
- lurid
- macabre
- menacing
- morbid
- ominous
- petrifying
- portentous
- repellent
- spooky
- terrible
- terrifying
- traumatic
- unnerving
- unspeakable
- abhorrent
- appalling
- atrocious
- awe-inspiring
- awesome
- awful
- beastly
- dangerous
- desperate
- dire
- disastrous
- disturbing
- dread
- dreaded
- dreadful
- extreme
- fearful
- frightful
- ghastly
- gruesome
- harrowing
- hateful
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconvenient
- loathsome
- monstrous
- obnoxious
- odious
- offensive
- petrifying
- poor
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- serious
- severe
- shocking
- unfortunate
- unnerving
- unpleasant
- unwelcome
- vile
- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awesome
- awful
- chilling
- daunting
- dire
- direful
- dismaying
- disquieting
- dread
- dreadful
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- ghastly
- grabber
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hairy
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconceivable
- intimidating
- lurid
- macabre
- menacing
- morbid
- ominous
- petrifying
- portentous
- repellent
- spooky
- terrible
- terrifying
- traumatic
- unnerving
- unspeakable
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