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What is "nervous" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does nervous mean in English? Meaning of nervous definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "nervous" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "nervous": easily agitated

Adjective

  • Meaning: easily agitated
  • Example: a nervous addict a nervous thoroughbred
  • Synonyms: nervous
  • Similar: tense

    • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnɝː.vəs/

    Meaning of "nervous": causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

    Adjective

  • Meaning: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  • Example: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results cast anxious glances behind her those nervous moments before takeoff an unquiet mind
  • Synonyms: anxious nervous queasy uneasy unquiet
  • Similar: troubled

    • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnɝː.vəs/

    Meaning of "nervous": of or relating to the nervous system

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to the nervous system
  • Example: nervous disease neural disorder
  • Synonyms: nervous neural

    • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnɝː.vəs/

    Meaning of "nervous": excited in anticipation

    Adjective

  • Meaning: excited in anticipation
  • Synonyms: aflutter nervous
  • Similar: excited

    • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnɝː.vəs/

    Meaning of "nervous": unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

    Adjective

  • Meaning: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  • Synonyms: flighty nervous skittish spooky
  • Similar: excitable

    • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnɝː.vəs/

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    nervous in English: nervous
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