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nervous
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nervous as in easily agitated
- “a nervous addict“
- “a nervous thoroughbred“
nervous as in causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- “spent an anxious night waiting for the test results“
- “cast anxious glances behind her“
- “those nervous moments before takeoff“
- “an unquiet mind“
Synonyms
- anxious eagerly desirous; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- queasy causing or able to cause nausea; feeling nausea; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- uneasy lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; socially uncomfortable; relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
- unquiet characterized by unrest or disorder; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
nervous as in of or relating to the nervous system
- “nervous disease“
- “neural disorder“
Synonyms
- neural of or relating to the nervous system; of or relating to neurons
nervous as in excited in anticipation
Synonyms
- aflutter excited in anticipation
nervous as in unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Synonyms
- skittish unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- flighty guided by whim and fancy; unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- spooky unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)