unnerving
adjective
uk /ʌnˈnɜː.vɪŋ/ us /ʌnˈnɝː.vɪŋ/
making someone feel less confident and slightly frightened: 令人紧张的|令人不安的
Meeting a twin brother I didn't know I had was an unnerving experience.和那个此前并不知道他存在的哥哥见面，是一段令我非常紧张的经历。
He has an unnerving habit of repeatedly glancing over my shoulder and out of the window.焦躁不安时，他有一个的小习惯，眼神不断地掠过我的肩膀，看向窗外。
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unnerve
It's a little unnerving to see your community suffering another earthquake.
What is slightly unnerving is how similar all their houses look.
She didn't mention the unnerving incident to her family.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing anxiety and worry
alarming
alarmingly
bite
catch up with someone
come back to bite someoneidiom
disturb
dread
frighten
frighten someone/something away/off
get/go beyond a jokeidiom
give someone the jimjamsidiom
give someone the jittersidiom
oppressive
rattle
roost
stressful
stressfully
suspenseful
suspensefully
suspensive
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