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nervous

adjective

1 nervous

Easily agitated.

Roget 160: weak, feeble, debile; impotent etc. 158; relaxed, unnerved, etc. v.; sapless, strengthless, powerless; weakly, ... show more

Roget 574: vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive; sensational.    spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, ... show more

Roget 860: fearing etc. v.; frightened etc. v.; in fear, in a fright etc. n.; haunted with the fear of etc. n.; afeard.    ... show more

2 nervous

Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety:
— Those nervous moments before takeoff.

synonyms: anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet.

3 nervous

Of or relating to the nervous system:
— Nervous disease.

synonym: neural.

Polish: nerwowy

4 nervous

Excited in anticipation.

synonym: aflutter.

5 nervous

Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).

synonyms: flighty, skittish, spooky.

Roget 881: modest, diffident; humble etc. 879; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: acid, agitable, agitated, all nerves, all-overish, allergic, anaphylactic, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, bashful, biting, bothered, concerned, corrosive, cowardly, critical, cutting, delicate, difficult ... show more.

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