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Alarmed vs Unnerved - What's the difference?

alarmed | unnerved |

As verbs the difference between alarmed and unnerved

is that alarmed is (alarm) while unnerved is (unnerve).

As an adjective alarmed

is having an alarm fitted.

alarmed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (alarm)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having an alarm fitted.
    • This door is alarmed .
  • Worried; anxious; panicky.
    • I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.

    unnerved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (unnerve)

    • unnerve

    English

    Verb

    (unnerv)
  • To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble.
    • to unnerve the arm
  • To upset.
    • I was greatly unnerved by this.

    Derived terms

    * unnervingly