nervousadjective
uk/ˈnɜː.vəs/us/ˈnɝː.vəs/nervous adjective (WORRIED)
B1 worried and anxious:
Do you feel/get nervous during exams?
I was too nervous to speak.
She's always been nervous around dogs.
I was very nervous about driving again after the accident.
He had/was of a nervous disposition.
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- Try to act confidently, even if you feel nervous.
- I thought I would remain calm, but when I was confronted with/by the TV camera, I became very nervous.
- There were a few nervous giggles from people in the audience.
- The stock market's recent seesaw movements have made many investors nervous.
- I was nervous on my first day at college, but I was reassured to see some friendly faces.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- wound up
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nervous adjective (BODY)
relating to the nerves:
He suffers from a nervous disorder.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- cramp
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- spasm
- writer's cramp
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