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Definitions for unnerving
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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. Phil Mickelson:

    It’s an incredible experience. I’ve never had something like that, it was a little bit unnerving, but it was exceptionally awesome, too.

  2. Rick Meckler:

    People want to see stability in that market and every time they think there’s maybe some stability, it seems to leg down, for equity owners and some of the high-yield owners that are tied to energy, it is a little unnerving that it can’t really seem to find a stabilized floor.

  3. Kim Wyman:

    The precedence of this is just unnerving for election officials across the country, and it should alarm every American in the country.

  4. 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.

  5. Abdullah Karasu:

    But I doubt it's finished ... This silence is ominous. It's almost as unnerving as the rockets landing.

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