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- Dictionarynervous/ˈnəːvəs/
adjective
- 1. easily agitated or alarmed: "a sensitive, nervous person" Similar Opposite
- 2. relating to or affecting the nerves: "a nervous disorder" Similar
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worried or slightly frightened: I was nervous during my driving test. nervous adjective (OF THE NERVES) [ not gradable ] relating to or controlled by the nerves in the body. (Definition of nervous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
May 31, 2012 · How to use nervous in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Nervous. timid, apprehensive; easily excited or irritated : jumpy; of or relating to the nerves; also : originating in or affected by the nerves…
worried or slightly frightened: I was nervous during my driving test. nervous adjective (OF THE NERVES) [ not gradable ] relating to or controlled by the nerves in the body. (Definition of nervous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Nervous definition: highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive. See examples of NERVOUS used in a sentence.
If you are nervous, you are worried and frightened, and show this in your behaviour.
Nervous can describe somebody’s personality: a very nervous girl is often or usually nervous; a worried girl is worried on a particular occasion or about a particular thing. Worried describes her feelings, not her personality.
1. very excitable or sensitive; highly strung. 2. ( often foll by of) apprehensive or worried: I'm nervous of traffic. 3. of, relating to, or containing nerves; neural: nervous tissue. 4. (Pathology) affecting the nerves or nervous tissue: a nervous disease. 5. archaic active, vigorous, or forceful. ˈnervously adv. ˈnervousness n.
