unnerved
Lost one's composure
Unnerved means having lost one's composure or confidence, typically from something unsettling or frightening.
Someone unnerved by a close call or a strange encounter feels shaken, their usual steadiness disrupted: The way he stared at me left me completely unnerved.
The word suggests a disturbance to one's nerve—that inner fortitude required to stay calm.
Fearful of future events
uneasy · dread · foreboding · trepidation · panicky · stressed · concerned · distressed
Disturbed and unsettled
- jarredShaken or disturbed
- joltedAbruptly shaken or startled
- rockedMoved rhythmically back and forth
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
frazzled · disturbed · destabilized · thrown · discombobulated · off-balance · unsteady · distraught
Frightened into alertness
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- scaredFeeling fear or alarm
- alarmedFeeling sudden fear
- shockedDeeply startled or appalled
surprised · jumped · flinched · gasped · cringed · blanched · recoiled · bolt
Disturbed and uneasy
- discomfitedUnsettled and embarrassed
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- dismayedDistressed by shock
- botheredAnnoyed or disturbed
disquieted · troubled · ill-at-ease · chilled · haunted · freaked · goosebumps · skin-crawling
apprehensive
Fearful of future events
edgy · uneasy · dread · foreboding · trepidation · panicky · stressed · concerned · distressed · overwrought
rattled
Disturbed and unsettled
flustered · frazzled · disturbed · destabilized · thrown · discombobulated · off-balance · unsteady · distraught · agitated
spooked
Frightened into alertness
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- scaredFeeling fear or alarm
- alarmedFeeling sudden fear
shocked · surprised · jumped · flinched · gasped · cringed · blanched · recoiled · bolt · heart-pounding
disconcerted
Disturbed and uneasy
- discomfitedUnsettled and embarrassed
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- dismayedDistressed by shock
bothered · disquieted · troubled · ill-at-ease · chilled · haunted · freaked · goosebumps · skin-crawling · hair-raising
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- uneasyanxious, jittery, edgy, tense, rattled
- astonishmentamazement, awe, wonder, wonderstruck, awestruck
- cowardicecoward, cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
- speechlessspeechless, mute, wordless, tongue-tied, dumbstruck