Synonyms for unnerving
un·nerv·ing

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1. 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, formidable

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. List of paraphrases for "unnerving":

   disconcerting, annoying, screwed-up, disturbing

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1. Joyce Stranger:

   I love cats. I love their grace and their elegance. I love their independence and their arrogance, and the way they lie and look at you, summing you up, surely to your detriment, with that unnerving, unwinking, appraising stare.

2. Kim Wyman:

   The precedence of this is just unnerving for election officials across the country, and it should alarm every American in the country.

3. Chris Warner:

   It was a sobering moment, you know the possibility is there, but for someone to say your test came back positive ... was definitely unnerving.

4. Salman Ahmed:

   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.

5. Phil Mickelson:

   It’s an incredible experience. I’ve never had something like that, it was a little bit unnerving, but it was exceptionally awesome, too.