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un·nerv·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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, formidableAntonyms:
unalarming
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List of paraphrases for "unnerving":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#9416 | annoying | |
#13075 | disturbing | |
#22561 | formidable | |
#57101 | disconcerting | |
#71817 | unnerving | |
#151453 | redoubtable |
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It's a lot more fun today than it was yesterday, yesterday it was just too unnerving.
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.
The fact that a sheriff's deputy allegedly battered a patient at San Francisco General Hospital is unnerving, what's worse is that he's also alleged to have perjured himself on a police report, unforgivable conduct that led to the arrest of the innocent victim.
I've read his column in The( Washington) Post for some time now, i think it's very distributing. It's very unnerving. We just need to get the clear facts from both governments -- the Turks, it's an interesting question -- but from the Turks and Saudi Arabia. ... As an elected leader, we stand with you in the media in solidarity to making sure that this does not go unnoticed and that we stand and fight for answers to we can bring transparency and accountability to this kind of thing.
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.
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