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Princeton's WordNet

  1. formidable, redoubtable, unnervingadjective

    inspiring fear

    "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"

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  1. unnerving

    Unnerving refers to causing one to lose confidence, courage, or self-control; making one feel apprehensive, anxious or uneasy; or being disturbing or upsetting due to unpredictability or strangeness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNNERVING in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNNERVING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of UNNERVING in a Sentence

  1. Bryden Teich:

    I think everyone thinks it's going to work its way out, but at the same time, it's a little bit unnerving what's going on over there and the lack of control that they seem to have on the situation.

  2. Chris Warner:

    It was a sobering moment, you know the possibility is there, but for someone to say your test came back positive ... was definitely unnerving.

  3. Joyce Stranger:

    I love cats. I love their grace and their elegance. I love their independence and their arrogance, and the way they lie and look at you, summing you up, surely to your detriment, with that unnerving, unwinking, appraising stare.

  4. Paul Ryan:

    I've read his column in The( Washington) Post for some time now, i think it's very distributing. It's very unnerving. We just need to get the clear facts from both governments -- the Turks, it's an interesting question -- but from the Turks and Saudi Arabia. ... As an elected leader, we stand with you in the media in solidarity to making sure that this does not go unnoticed and that we stand and fight for answers to we can bring transparency and accountability to this kind of thing.

  5. John Thurman:

    I would take the Metro down and we would stop at the Pentagon station, there'd just be this feeling of dread even pulling through the station. The first time I was back in the building, I could still smell that kerosene smell, which was unnerving.

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