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nervous
[nur-vuhs]
adjective
highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive.
to become nervous under stress.
Synonyms: , , , ,Antonyms: ,of or relating to the nerves.
nervous tension.
affecting the nerves.
nervous diseases.
experiencing, characterized by, or originating in a nervous system disorder.
characterized by or attended with acute uneasiness or apprehension.
a nervous moment for us all.
having or containing nerves.
sinewy or strong.
Archaic.vigorous or spirited.
nervous
/ ˈɜːə /
adjective
very excitable or sensitive; highly strung
(often foll by of) apprehensive or worried
I'm nervous of traffic
of, relating to, or containing nerves; neural
nervous tissue
affecting the nerves or nervous tissue
a nervous disease
archaicactive, vigorous, or forceful
Other 51Թ Forms
- nervously adverb
- nervousness noun
- nonnervous adjective
- nonnervously adverb
- overnervous adjective
- overnervously adverb
- seminervous adjective
- seminervously adverb
- unnervous adjective
- unnervously adverb
- ˈԱdzܲԱ noun
- ˈԱdzܲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
I’m a little nervous about the week by week.
They will now be extremely nervous about the risks of this conflict spreading to their own shores.
Chase and Ibarra may, for instance, begin a dialogue as nervous chit-chat with staccato flute interjections with drummed responses that soon turn to broad expressions of wonder.
Villarreal: I have to tell you, I was super nervous that she was going to hit me with some one-liners about my appearance or something.
Now Farrell and the management face a nervous wait before the finalists head into camp on Sunday, with Dalziel confirming some players will be asked to turn around six days later to face the Pumas.
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