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   nervous

   /ˈnəːvəs/

   adjective

   • 1. easily agitated or alarmed: "a sensitive, nervous person" Similar highly strungeasily frightenedeasily agitatedanxiousedgytenseexcitablejumpyskittishbrittleneurotichystericaltimidtimorousmousyshyfearfulfrightenedfrightened of one's own shadowapprehensivescarednervyinformal:trepidatiousOpposite calmrelaxedeasy-going
   • ▪ anxious or apprehensive: "staying in the house on her own made her nervous" Similar anxiousworriedapprehensiveon edgeedgytensestrainedstressedagitatedin a state of nervesin a state of agitationuneasyrestlessworked upkeyed upoverwroughtwrought upstrung outjumpyon tenterhookswith one's stomach in knotsfidgetyfearfulfrightenedscaredwith one's heart in one's mouthlike a cat on a hot tin roofquakingtremblingshakingshaking in one's shoesshakyon pins and needlesin a cold sweatfeveredfebrileinformal:with butterflies in one's stomachjitterytwitchyin a stateuptightwiredin a stewall of a ditherall of a doodahin a sweatin a flapin a tizz/tizzyall of a latherhet upin a twitterstrung upstressywindyhaving kittenslike a cat on hot bricksspookysquirrellyin a twittoeyvulgar slang:shitting bricksbricking oneselfdated:overstrungOpposite coolcalmrelaxedlaid-back
   • ▪ (of a feeling or reaction) resulting from anxiety or anticipation: "nervous energy"
   • 2. relating to or affecting the nerves: "a nervous disorder" Similar neurologicalneuralneuro-

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘containing nerves’ and ‘relating to the nerves’): from Latin nervosus ‘sinewy, vigorous’, from nervus ‘sinew’ (see nerve). nervous (sense 1) dates from the mid 18th century.

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   • English (US)

     worried or slightly frightened: I was nervous during my...

   • Znaczenie Nervous, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     NERVOUS definicja: 1. worried and anxious: 2. relating to...

   • Portuguese Translation

     NERVOUS translate: nervoso, ansioso, nervoso, ansioso/-osa,...

   • Nervous in Italian

     nervous translate: nervoso, agitato, apprensivo, teso,...

   • Nervous in Spanish

     NERVOUS translate: nervioso, nervioso, nervioso/osa...

   • Nervous in Simplified Chinese

     NERVOUS translate: 担心的, 担心的;紧张不安的, 身体, 神经的;神经系统的. Learn more...

   • Nervous: Polish Translation

     nervous translate: nerwowy, zdenerwowany, nerwowy, nerwowy,...

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   Nervous definition: highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive. See examples of NERVOUS used in a sentence.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNERVOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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