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Detailed Synonyms for nervous in English

nervous:

nervous adj

  1. nervous
  2. nervous
  3. nervous
  4. nervous
  5. nervous
    – unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) 1
    nervous; spooky; skittish; flighty
    – unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) 1
  6. nervous
    – excited in anticipation 1
    nervous; aflutter
    – excited in anticipation 1
  7. nervous
    – easily agitated 1
    nervous
    – easily agitated 1
    • nervous adj
      • a nervous addict1
      • a nervous thoroughbred1
  8. nervous
    – causing or fraught with or showing anxiety 1
    anxious; nervous; uneasy; queasy; unquiet
    – causing or fraught with or showing anxiety 1
    • anxious adj
      • spent an anxious night waiting for the test results1
      • cast anxious glances behind her1
    • nervous adj
      • those nervous moments before takeoff1
    • uneasy adj
    • queasy adj
    • unquiet adj
      • an unquiet mind1
  9. nervous
    – of or relating to the nervous system 1
    nervous; neural
    – of or relating to the nervous system 1

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Related Definitions for "nervous":

  1. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)1
  2. excited in anticipation1
  3. easily agitated1
    • a nervous addict1
    • a nervous thoroughbred1
  4. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety1
    • those nervous moments before takeoff1
  5. of or relating to the nervous system1
    • nervous disease1

Related Synonyms for nervous