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   Nerv·ous

   /ˈnərvəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. easily agitated or alarmed; tending to be anxious; highly strung: "a sensitive, nervous person" Similar highly strungeasily frightenedeasily agitatedanxiousedgytenseexcitablejumpyskittishbrittleneurotichystericaltimidtimorousmousyshyfearfulfrightenedfrightened of one's own shadowapprehensivescarednervyinformal:trepidatiousOpposite calmrelaxedeasygoing
   • ▪ 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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   What does nervus mean?

   • Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French nervus, nervous, borrowed from Latin nervōsus "full of tendons, sinewy, tough, vigorous (of a person or literary style)," from nervus "sinew, muscle, nerve entry 1 " + -ōsus -ous

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   What is a nervous person?

   • A nervous person is very tense and easily upset. She was apparently a very nervous woman, and that affected her career. A nervous illness or condition is one that affects your emotions and your mental state. The number of nervous disorders was rising in the region. He developed nervous problems after people began repeatedly correcting him.

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   • A nervous illness or condition is one that affects your emotions and your mental state. The number of nervous disorders was rising in the region. He developed nervous problems after people began repeatedly correcting him. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 3. 4. Collins English Dictionary.

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   highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress. Synonyms: timorous, timid, tense, neurotic, anxious. Antonyms: bold, confident. of or relating to the nerves: nervous tension. affecting the nerves: nervous diseases.

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   Learn the meaning of nervous as an adjective to describe someone or something that is frightened, worried, tense, or affected by nerves. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and related words for nervous.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective nervous, which describes feeling anxious, afraid or easily frightened. See synonyms, idioms and collocations with nervous.

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    adjective. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety. “those nervous moments before takeoff”. synonyms: anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet. troubled. characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. adjective. easily agitated. “a nervous thoroughbred”.