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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
How do you understand what "unnerve" means in different circumstances?
Unnerve v. - to make sb feel nervous or frightened or lose confidence. - (Oxford Dictionary meaning)
E.g. His silence unnerved us.
E.g. She found the whole experience rather unnerving.
Now my question is:
How do you understand whether each of these sentences mean either "nervousness", or "frighten", or "lost confidence" or all of them together? I mean how do distinguish between them?
E.g. His silence unnerved us.
E.g. She found the whole experience rather unnerving.
Now my question is:
How do you understand whether each of these sentences mean either "nervousness", or "frighten", or "lost confidence" or all of them together? I mean how do distinguish between them?
Top answer
Do you know the word "uneasy"? I would say that something that unnerves you makes you feel uneasy. It's a combination of all of those feelings.
- Do you know the word "uneasy"?
- I would say that something that unnerves you makes you feel uneasy.
- It's a combination of all of those feelings.
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Do you know the word "uneasy"? I would say that something that unnerves you makes you feel uneasy. It's a combination of all of those feelings.
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