 nervous |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] easily agitated | |
| Examples: | "quick nervous movements" |
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| Related terms: | tense | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] being in a tense state | |
| Synonyms: | restive edgy jumpy uptight jittery nervy overstrung in_suspense high-strung | |
| Related terms: | tense | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | |
| Synonyms: | uneasy unquiet anxious | |
| Examples: | "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results" "cast anxious glances behind her" "those nervous moments before takeoff" "an unquiet mind" |
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| Related terms: | troubled | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the nervous system | |
| Synonyms: | neural | |
| Examples: | "nervous disease" "neural disorder" |
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| Related terms: | nervous_system nervous_system | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] excited in anticipation | |
| Synonyms: | aflutter | |
| Related terms: | excited | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | |
| Synonyms: | spooky skittish | |
| Related terms: | excitable | |
| Similar spelling: |
nervously nervus nerves |
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