unnerving meaning

Definition of unnerving

1. inspiring fear
   • the formidable prospect of major surgery
   • a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic
   • something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall

   Synonyms: formidable, redoubtable

   Similar: alarming

unnerving in a sentence

• The company is running so well, it's unnerving.
• The increase in incidents of terrorism is really unnerving.
• The feeling of being watched is one of the most unnerving things to me.
• The sound was so deep and unnerving.
• Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do 'practice'?

How to pronounce unnerving

unnerving is pronounced /əˈnɝvɪŋ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with unnerving

• curving
• deserving
• serving
• observing
• unswerving
• undeserving