Unnerve \Un*nerve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nerve.] To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.
Unequal match'd, . . . The unnerved father falls. --Shak.
Traders and analysts speculated that program traders sat out the session either out of caution or concern that their large-scale trades might unnerve smaller investors.
They worry that any additional disclosures of broader wrongdoing could further unnerve Salomon's lenders.
Peruvians have coined a phrase for the expected moves: "Fujishock." The prospects unnerve members of Mr. Fujimori's government.
In fact, one of Bush's favorite tricks is to unnerve his guests by bringing his boat full throttle into the cove by his house, seeming to head straight toward a stone wall, and cutting his engines at the very last moment.
Already, the superpowers have made enough progress to unnerve some American conservatives, and perhaps some hardliners in the Kremlin as well.