Nervous - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈnɜːrvəs|  American pronunciation of the word nervous
Brit.  |ˈnɜːvəs|  British pronunciation of the word nervous

adjective

- easily agitated
a nervous addict
a nervous thoroughbred
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety (syn: anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet)
those nervous moments before takeoff
- excited in anticipation (syn: aflutter)
- unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) (syn: flighty, skittish, spooky)

Extra examples

She is nervous about her job interview.

All this waiting is making me nervous.

He gave a nervous glance at the clock.

His nervous mother is always worrying that something terrible will happen to him.

He has a nervous disposition.

It was a very nervous situation.

She suffers from a nervous disorder.

He walked around with a nervous twitch.

He had a nervous habit of pulling at his hair.

The boy has a lot of nervous energy.

The number of nervous disorders was rising in the region.

She was apparently a very nervous woman, and that affected her career.

Don't be nervous.

She was so nervous about her exams that she couldn't sleep.

I wish you'd stop looking at me like that. You're making me nervous.

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