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- DictionaryNerv·ous/ˈnərvəs/
adjective
- 1. easily agitated or alarmed; tending to be anxious; highly strung: "a sensitive, nervous person"
- 2. relating to or affecting the nerves: "a nervous disorder"
The meaning of NERVOUS is timid, apprehensive. How to use nervous in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Nervous.
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.
worried and anxious: Do you feel /get nervous during exams? I was too nervous to speak. She's always been nervous around dogs. I was very nervous about driving again after the accident. He had/was of a nervous disposition. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. afraid She was afraid of the dark.
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”.
Nervous is more often used to describe how you feel before you do something very important such as an exam or an interview, or something unpleasant or difficult. 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.
If someone is nervous, they are frightened or worried about something that is happening or might happen, and show this in their behaviour. The party has become deeply nervous about its prospects of winning the next election.
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.
nervous adjective (WORRIED) She's very nervous about her driving test. When you're nervous or frightened, it helps to breathe slowly and deeply. She looked calm but was feeling nervous inside. She was very nervous, but she remained outwardly calm. I was so nervous I felt quite sick.
Nervous definition: Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension.
If someone is nervous, they are frightened or worried about something that is happening or might happen, and show this in their behavior. The party has become deeply nervous about its prospects of winning the next election.
