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   nervous

   /ˈnəːvəs/

   adjective

   • 1. easily agitated or alarmed: "a sensitive, nervous person" Similar highly strungeasily frightenedeasily agitatedanxiousedgytenseexcitablejumpyskittishbrittleneurotichystericaltimidtimorousmousyshyfearfulfrightenedfrightened of one's own shadowapprehensivescarednervyinformal:trepidatiousOpposite calmrelaxedeasy-going
   • ▪ 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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     NERVOUS definicja: 1. worried and anxious: 2. relating to...

   • Nervous: Arabic Translation

     NERVOUS translate: قَلِق, عَصَبي. Learn more in the...

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     nervous translate: nerwowy, zdenerwowany, nerwowy, nerwowy,...

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     NERVOUS translate: 불안한, 신경의. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     NERVOUS translate: เกี่ยวกับประสาท, ค่อนข้างกลัว. Learn more...

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     nervous translate: Nerven-…, ängstlich. Learn more in the...

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryNERVOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Nervous means highly excitable, unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive. It can also refer to or relate to the nerves, the nervous system, or a nervous disorder. See the origin, usage, and related words of nervous.

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   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.

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