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nervousness
noun
1 nervousness
The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.
synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness.
Roget 860:
fear,
timidity,
diffidence,
want of confidence;
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness
etc.
adj.;
solicitude,
anxiety,
care,
apprehension,
misgiving;
feeze [U.S.];
mistrust
etc.
(doubt)
485;
suspicion,
qualm;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605.
nervousness,
restlessness
etc.
adj.;
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern;
batophobia†;
heartquake†;
flutter,
trepidation,
fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling,
throbbing heart,
palpitation,
ague fit,
cold sweat;
abject fear
etc.
(cowardice)
862;
mortal funk,
heartsinking†,
despondency;
despair
etc.
859.
fright;
affright,
affrightment†;
boof alarm [U.S.],
dread,
awe,
terror,
horror,
dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede
(of horses).
intimidation,
terrorism,
reign of terror.
[Object of fear]
bug bear,
bugaboo;
scarecrow;
hobgoblin
etc.
(demon)
980;
nightmare,
Gorgon,
mormo†,
ogre,
Hurlothrumbo†,
raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire [Fr.],
enfant terrible [Fr.].
alarmist
etc.
(coward)
862.
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2 nervousness
An uneasy psychological state.
synonym: nerves.
Dutch: zenuwachtigheid
3 nervousness
A sensitive or highly strung temperament.
Polish: nerwowość
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