Animate and Unnerve

Opposite meaning words

Animate verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.

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Unnerve is an antonym for animate.

Unnerve verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

Usage example: a figure skater can't afford to be unnerved by an occasional slipup

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Animate is an antonym for unnerve.

Nearby Word: unnerving

characters	animate characters	unnerve characters
shadows	animate shadows	unnerve shadows

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Unnerve and Animate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/animate/unnerve

Animate & Unnerve. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/animate/unnerve>.

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