unnerve implies marked often temporary loss of courage, self-control, or power to act.
unnerved by the near collision
enervate suggests a gradual physical or moral weakening (as through luxury or indolence) until one is too feeble to make an effort.
a nation's youth enervated by affluence and leisure
unman implies a loss of manly vigor, fortitude, or spirit.
a soldier unmanned by the terrors of battle
emasculate stresses a depriving of characteristic force by removing something essential.
an amendment that emasculates existing safeguards
Example Sentences
Seeing the police in there unnerved me. She was unnerved by his strange manner.
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