unnerve

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

Translation

vt. fazer alguém perder coragem, confiança ou compostura; perturbar ou desestabilizar.
Word Forms
Particípio passadounnerved
Passado simplesunnerved
Terceira pessoa do singularunnerves
Gerúndiounnerving
Pluralunnerves

Example Sentences

The experience completely unnerved me.

A experiência me deixou completamente nervoso.

He hoped to unnerve Kennedy and force him into concessions.

Ele esperava desmoralizar Kennedy e forçá-lo a fazer concessões.

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

Levemente desconcertado pelo incidente, eu não estava no meu melhor.

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

O reparador de chaminés, exausto e desconcertado, não conseguiria se segurar em seu perigoso lugar por muito mais tempo.

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

O toque dele, que a havia excitado momentos antes, a desconcertava agora.

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

Ele os desestabilizou com sua luta audaciosa contra a corrupção e os exasperou com seu estilo de gerenciamento contemplativo.

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