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  • unnerve — transitive verb Date: 1601 1. to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness 2. to cause to become nervous ; upset • unnervingly adverb Synonyms: unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dismay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. consternation, terror; discouragement. v. t. appall; discourage. See fear, dejection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alarm, consternation, anxiety, disheartenment; see confusion 2 , fear 2 . v. Syn. appall,… …   English dictionary for students

  • tame — tamely, adv. tameness, n. tamer, n. /taym/, adj., tamer, tamest, v., tamed, taming. adj. 1. changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear. 2. without the savageness or fear of humans normal in wild animals; g …   Universalium

  • unman — /un man /, v.t., unmanned, unmanning. 1. to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of: Constant conflict finally unmanned him. 2. to deprive of virility; emasculate; castrate. [1590 1600; UN 2 + MAN1] * * * …   Universalium

  • demoralize — v. a. 1. Corrupt, deprave, vitiate, deprive of moral principle. 2. (Mil.) Deprive of courage or confidence, break down the morale or discipline of …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • tame — [[t]teɪm[/t]] adj. tam•er, tam•est, 1) changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated 2) docile or submissive 3) lacking in excitement; dull: a very tame party[/ex] 4) spiritless; pusillanimous 5) rendered useful and manageable: tame natural …   From formal English to slang

  • unman — un•man [[t]ʌnˈmæn[/t]] v. t. manned, man•ning 1) to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of 2) to deprive of virility; emasculate; castrate • Etymology: 1590–1600 …   From formal English to slang

  • discourage — transitive verb ( aged; aging) Etymology: Middle English discoragen, from Middle French descorager, from Old French descoragier, from des dis + corage courage Date: 15th century 1. to deprive of courage or confidence ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • discourage — discourager, n. discourageable, adj. discouragingly, adv. /di skerr ij, skur /, v., discouraged, discouraging. v.t. 1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit. 2. to dissuade (usually fol. by from) …   Universalium

  • discourage — I verb advise against, affright, animum frangere, argue against, avert, cast down, cause discontent, cause dislike, cause doubt, caution, contraindicate, convince to the contrary, dampen, daunt, deflect, dehort, deject, demoralize, deprecate,… …   Law dictionary

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