unnerved

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Verb

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unnerved

  1. simple past and past participle of unnerve

Adjective

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unnerved (comparative more unnerved, superlative most unnerved)

  1. Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      `Surely he dieth even now.' `True,' she said, with a start. `Oh, why did I not come before! I am unnerved - my hand trembles, even mine - and yet it is very easy.'
    • 1995 October, Robert Frost, Richard Poirier, Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays (LOA #81) (DE-601)374069697: Library of America series)‎[1], Library of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 360:
      [] Wrapped in around itself and self-befriended,
      His science needn't get him so unnerved.
      He had been too all out , too much extended .
      He slapped his breast to verify his purse
      And hugged himself for all his universe . []

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