One entry found for unnerve.

Entry Word: unnerve
Function: verb
Text: 1 to deprive of courage or confidence <the riding accident so unnerved me that for a while I was afraid to get back on a horse>
Synonyms demoralize, emasculate, undo, unman, unstring
Related Words debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, weaken; prostrate, sap, soften, tire, waste; frighten, scare, terrify, terrorize; daunt, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit; craze, derange, madden, unbalance, unhinge; discompose, disquiet, disturb, faze, perturb, unsettle, upset
Near Antonyms fortify, strengthen; embolden, encourage, hearten
Antonyms nerve
2 to lessen the courage or confidence of <a figure skater can't afford to be unnerved by an occasional slipup> -- see DISCOURAGE 1