nervous

Definition of nervous

Adjectives

easily agitated
"a nervous addict"
"a nervous thoroughbred"
Synonyms:
tense
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
"those nervous moments before takeoff"
Synonyms:
anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
troubled
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
of or relating to the nervous system
"nervous disease"
Synonyms:
neural
excited in anticipation
Synonyms:
aflutter
excited
in an aroused state
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Synonyms:
flighty, skittish, spooky
excitable
easily excited

Vocabulary Lists for nervous

But how do you really feel? »(56 words)
Awaiting word.
  • anxious
  • unquiet
  • queasy
  • nervous
  • troubled

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • premeditate
  • symbolising
  • abase
  • discern
  • endue

J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 1-14 »(70 words)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in...
  • ostracize
  • reversible
  • recuperate
  • nonchalant
  • rile

Finance Writing Vocabulary: Adjectives »(42 words)
Adjectives with mostly negative connotations that can...
  • abysmal
  • antsy
  • anxious
  • apprehensive
  • bankrupt

Edith Warton's Ethan Frome »(2499 words)
Vocabulary study list from Edith Warton's "Ethan Frome"
  • Hale
  • German ivy
  • matt
  • sleigh
  • flats

Feelings List »(107 words)
  • affectionate
  • ambivalent
  • angry
  • anxious
  • ashamed

feelings »(5461 words)
open
  • happy
  • alive
  • good
  • understanding
  • great

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz »(2027 words)
  • piglet
  • wizard
  • Eureka
  • sawhorse
  • gargoyle

Obama's Health Care Address to Congress »(844 words)
Obama's Health Care Address to Congress, made on...
  • health care
  • insurance
  • insurance company
  • affordable
  • health insurance

Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage - Chapters 1 -6 »(668 words)
A complete vocabulary list form Stephen Crane's The Red...
  • regiment
  • sunray
  • color sergeant
  • insignificantly
  • knee joint

Words that contain nervous

autonomic nervous system
 central nervous system
 nervous breakdown
 nervous disorder
 nervous exhaustion
 nervous impulse
 nervous prostration
 nervous strain
 nervous system
 nervous tissue
 nervously
 nervousness
 parasympathetic nervous system
 peripheral nervous system
 sympathetic nervous system