Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unnerve
Participle: unnerved
Gerund: unnerving
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | unnerve |
| you | unnerve |
| he;she;it | unnerves |
| we | unnerve |
| you | unnerve |
| they | unnerve |
Perfect
| I | have unnerved |
| you | have unnerved |
| he;she;it | has unnerved |
| we | have unnerved |
| you | have unnerved |
| they | have unnerved |
Past
| I | unnerved |
| you | unnerved |
| he;she;it | unnerved |
| we | unnerved |
| you | unnerved |
| they | unnerved |
Pluperfect
| I | had unnerved |
| you | had unnerved |
| he;she;it | had unnerved |
| we | had unnerved |
| you | had unnerved |
| they | had unnerved |
Future
| I | will unnerve |
| you | will unnerve |
| he;she;it | will unnerve |
| we | will unnerve |
| you | will unnerve |
| they | will unnerve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unnerved |
| you | will have unnerved |
| he;she;it | will have unnerved |
| we | will have unnerved |
| you | will have unnerved |
| they | will have unnerved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unnerve |
| you | unnerve |
| he;she;it | unnerve |
| we | unnerve |
| you | unnerve |
| they | unnerve |
Perfect
| I | have unnerved |
| you | have unnerved |
| he;she;it | have unnerved |
| we | have unnerved |
| you | have unnerved |
| they | have unnerved |
Imperfect
| I | unnerved |
| you | unnerved |
| he;she;it | unnerved |
| we | unnerved |
| you | unnerved |
| they | unnerved |
Pluperfect
| I | had unnerved |
| you | had unnerved |
| he;she;it | had unnerved |
| we | had unnerved |
| you | had unnerved |
| they | had unnerved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unnerve |
| you | would unnerve |
| he;she;it | would unnerve |
| we | would unnerve |
| you | would unnerve |
| they | would unnerve |
Perfect
| I | would have unnerved |
| you | would have unnerved |
| he;she;it | would have unnerved |
| we | would have unnerved |
| you | would have unnerved |
| they | would have unnerved |
Imperative
| you | unnerve |
| we | Let's unnerve |
| you | unnerve |
Verbs conjugated like 'unnerve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unnerve'
innerve,
enerve,
inserve,
nerve,
renerve,
undelve,
unleave,
unmerge,
unreave,
unreeve,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1621, "to destroy the strength of," from un- (2) + nerve. Meaning "to deprive of courage" is recorded from 1704.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-s
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.
6. Proto-Germanic *anda-
7. Proto-West Germanic *anda-
8. Old English and-
9. Old English on-
10. Middle English on-
11. English un-
12. English nerve
13. English unnerve
14. From un- + nerve.
Sample Sentences
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to unnerve the arm
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I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country.
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But new immigration is no longer the primary driver of the growing racial, ethnic and religious diversity that unnerves much of the GOP coalition. [2021 April 23, Ronald Brownstein, “The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward”, in CNN:]