Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unnerving

/ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: un-nerv-ing
IPA: /ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of unnerve

adj

Causing a deprivation of courage, strength, confidence, etc.

Example Sentences

"Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams)."
"The situation was unnerving, and dangerous."

Inflected Forms

more unnerving (comparative) most unnerving (superlative)

Derived Forms

unnervingly unnervingness

Synonyms

formidable redoubtable

Rhymes With

serving observing preserving irving deserving curving conserving reserving undeserving unswerving

Questions

How do you pronounce unnerving?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋ/.
What does unnerving mean?: present participle and gerund of unnerve

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