UNNERVED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unnerved mean? 

• UNNERVED (adjective)
  The adjective UNNERVED has 1 sense:

1. deprived of courage and strength

  Familiarity information: UNNERVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNNERVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deprived of courage and strength

Context example:

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

Similar:

afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)

 Context examples 

I was chilled and unnerved, and angry with the Professor for taking me on such an errand and with myself for coming.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Alas! alas!” he cried, all unnerved at the sight, “why is it that you are so sad, lady?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So unnerved was I by the thought of impending violence to Leach and Johnson that my reason must have left me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was not so much White Fang's ferocity as it was his silence that unnerved the groom.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Alleyne, all unnerved at so strange and unwonted a sight, shrunk up against the wall with his eyes fixed upon the frenzied creature, which came bounding along with ungainly speed, looking the larger in the uncertain light, its huge jaws agape, with blood and slaver trickling to the ground.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)