unnerve

[US]/ʌn'nɜːv/
[UK]/ˌʌn'nɝv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. hacer que alguien pierda el valor, la confianza o la compostura; perturbar o desestabilizar.
Word Forms
Participio pasadounnerved
Pasadounnerved
Tercera persona singularunnerves
Gerundiounnerving
Pluralunnerves

Example Sentences

The experience completely unnerved me.

La experiencia me desestabilizó por completo.

He hoped to unnerve Kennedy and force him into concessions.

Él esperaba desestabilizar a Kennedy y obligarlo a hacer concesiones.

slightly unnerved by the contretemps, I was not at concert pitch.

Ligeramente desestabilizado por el contratiempo, yo no estaba en óptimas condiciones.

the steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved, couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer.

El tejedero de chimeneas, exhausto y desestabilizado, no podría sostenerse mucho más en su peligroso lugar.

his touch, which had so aroused her moments before, unnerved her now.

Su tacto, que la había excitado momentos antes, ahora la desestabilizaba.

He has unnerved them with his swashbuckling fight against corruption, and exasperated them with his ruminative style of management.

Los ha desestabilizado con su audaz lucha contra la corrupción y los ha exasperado con su estilo de gestión reflexivo.

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