unnervingly
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7.5
- adverb
- /ʌnˈnɜrvɪŋli/
:
inquietantemente
- "Icelandic was a minor challenge," her daughter writes, adding somewhat unnervingly, "I cannot say she truly mastered it."
- unnervingly close
- unnervingly direct
- unnervingly familiar
Examples
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She caught a brief glimpse of an emaciated man, unnervingly close to her age, in one semiprivate room.
Fiction book (1999) -
Indeed, there is something unnervingly collegiate about the entire camp.
Fiction book (1994) -
"The court's order was unnervingly vague: what exactly was the court looking for?
Academic text (2004) -
Then the house was unnervingly silent, waiting for Larry.
Fiction book (1994) -
The correlation between fire policies and programs and the amount of area burned is unnervingly close.
Academic text (2008) -
He sat on the sofa beside me, unnervingly close; he seemed to have gained, in the privacy of his apartment, a degree of masculine confidence.
Fiction book (1997) -
The prince studied Artus with an unnervingly steady gaze, not a hint of expression on his rugged features.
Fiction book (1992) -
He smiled at her, at me, at the scene, flashed a big juicy grin that only amplified the unnervingly bright light in his eyes, and flipped open a wallet to show me his badge.
Fiction book (2000) -
The audience watched in unnervingly silence as the magician performed his most dangerous trick.
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She spoke unnervingly slowly, making everyone around her feel uneasy about what she would say next.
Synonyms
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6.8
In a strange and frightening way
26
3.4
In a way that makes a person feel uncomfortable or awkward
14
5.3
In a way that makes you feel worried or uneasy
12
5.7
In a way that makes you feel scared
5
6.5
In a way that is very frightening or very strong to show how serious something is
5
6.9
In a way that is strange, surprising, and hard to explain
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4.9
In a way that makes someone feel afraid or uncomfortable
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4.9
In a way that makes you feel afraid or very worried
3
6.3
In a way that makes you feel afraid or very uncomfortable
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6.7
In a way that makes people feel very afraid or shocked
1
7.5
In a way that makes people feel uneasy or confused
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5.0
In a way that makes people worried or upset
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8.2
In a way that shocks and feels out of place
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7.0
In a way that makes you feel worried or nervous
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7.0
In a strange, frightening way that feels like a ghost
1
7.5
In a way that makes people afraid
1
7.5
It happens in a very unpleasant and frightening way
In a way that makes people feel anxious or uneasy
In a way that makes people feel nervous or unsure
Antonyms
How Unnervingly
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6.5
12
5.7
14
5.3
1
7.5
1
7.0
1
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unnervingly is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word nerve, which means both 'courage' and the tense feeling in your body. So, when something is done unnervingly, it feels like it 'takes away your nerve' and makes you feel nervous or uneasy.