In plural. Disordered or heightened sensitivity; anxiety, fearfulness, tension, nervousness; spec. nervousness suffered (by an actor, sportsman…

The state or condition of being nervous or of experiencing disordered or heightened sensitivity; nervousness. Sometimes also: neuroticism.

Mental agitation; apprehension, anxiety; heightened or excessive sensitivity.

In plural. With the. colloquial. In early use: painful or nervous sensations, seeming to affect the whole body. Later: strong feelings of…

The quality or condition of being nervous (see nervous, adj. 9a) or nervy (see nervy, adj. 4).

= vertical breeze n.

A state of nervous anxiety or fear; an occurrence of this.

= breeze, n.2 3b.

Nervousness; worry; suspense. Cf. nail-biting, adj. 2.