unnerved

unnerved

1. simple past and past participle of unnerve

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)‎, 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 . […]