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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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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNERVOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   NERVOUS definition: 1. worried and anxious: 2. relating to the nerves: 3. worried and anxious: . Learn more.

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   NERVOUS meaning: 1. worried and anxious: 2. relating to the nerves: 3. worried and anxious: . Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of nervous – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   NERVOUS definition: 1. worried and anxious: 2. relating to the nerves in the body: . Learn more.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNERVOUSNESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   NERVOUSNESS definition: 1. a feeling of worry and anxiety: 2. a feeling of worry and anxiety: 3. the state of being….

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   NERVOUS Significado, definición, qué es NERVOUS: 1. worried and anxious: 2. relating to the nerves: 3. worried and anxious: .

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNERVOUSLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   NERVOUSLY definition: 1. feeling or showing that you are worried and anxious: 2. feeling or showing that you are worried….

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarynervous | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNERVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    NERVE definition: 1. a group of long, thin fibres (= structures like threads) that carry information or instructions….

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    nervous definition: 1. worried and anxious: 2. worried in a way that affects your body, for example by making you….