unnerving
adjective
uk/ʌnˈnɜː.vɪŋ/us/ʌnˈnɝː.vɪŋ/making someonefeellessconfidentandslightlyfrightened:
Meeting atwinbrotherI didn'tknowI had was an unnervingexperience.
He has an unnervinghabitofrepeatedlyglancingover myshoulderand out of thewindow.
See
unnerve
- It's a little unnerving toseeyourcommunitysufferinganotherearthquake.
- What isslightlyunnerving is howsimilaralltheirhouseslook.
- She didn'tmentionthe unnervingincidentto herfamily.
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- disturb
- dread
- frighten
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- rattle
- roost
- stresssomeoneout
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness