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un·nerv·ing

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  1. formidable, redoubtable, unnervingadjective

    inspiring fear

    "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"

    Synonyms:
    redoubtable, formidable

    Antonyms:
    unalarming

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  1. List of paraphrases for "unnerving":

    disconcerting, annoying, screwed-up, disturbing

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#9416annoying
#13075disturbing
#22561formidable
#57101disconcerting
#71817unnerving
#151453redoubtable

How to use unnerving in a sentence?

  1. Salman Ahmed:

    What Mr Rajan wanted was to build a stronger institution and that cannot be one person, the market understands that. What's unnerving is the timing.

  2. Chris Warner:

    It was a sobering moment, you know the possibility is there, but for someone to say your test came back positive ... was definitely unnerving.

  3. Kim Wyman:

    The precedence of this is just unnerving for election officials across the country, and it should alarm every American in the country.

  4. Bryden Teich:

    I think everyone thinks it's going to work its way out, but at the same time, it's a little bit unnerving what's going on over there and the lack of control that they seem to have on the situation.

  5. Brad Pitt:

    And to the real Dr. Fauci, thank you for your calmand your clarity in this unnerving time, and thank you to the medical workers, first responders and their families for being on the front line.


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