Meaning of unnerving in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    unnerving

    Definitions

    1. inspiring fear

    Examples

    • « 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 gray wall »

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  • « You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time. »
    Jenna Fischer

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