nervous
adj.
agitated, tense, anxious, apprehensive; of or relating to the nerves
Nervous
Nervous
nervous
Adjective
1. easily agitated; "quick nervous movements"
(similar) tense
2. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
(synonym) anxious, uneasy, unquiet
(similar) troubled
3. of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
(synonym) neural
(pertainym) nervous system, systema nervosum
4. excited in anticipation
(synonym) aflutter
(similar) excited
5. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
(synonym) skittish, spooky
(similar) excitable
Nervous
(a.)
Sensitive; excitable; timid.
(a.)
Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.
(a.)
possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
(a.)
Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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