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Unnerving

adjective

Inspiring fear. Synonyms: formidable, redoubtable. "A tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic" , "Something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"

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"Unnerving" Quotes from Famous Books

... vanished. There was no hiding place in view. Every inch of the room was lit up by the powerful torch he carried, and, save for himself, the room was empty. The first moment of realisation was chill and unnerving. Then the slight smarting of the wound at his throat became convincing proof to him that there was nothing supernatural about this visit. He lit up half-a-dozen of the candles distributed about the place and laid down his torch. He was ashamed to ...

— The Great Impersonation • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... hand begin to tremble, and he said "McLean!" hastily, though he knew that McLean had not yet left the Quharity Arms. Next moment Corp arrived with another story as unnerving. ...

— Sentimental Tommy - The Story of His Boyhood • J. M. Barrie

Words linked to "Unnerving" : formidable, alarming, redoubtable