Nervousness - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈnɜːrvəsnəs|  American pronunciation of the word nervousness
Brit.  |ˈnɜːvəsnəs|  British pronunciation of the word nervousness

noun

- the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
- an uneasy psychological state (syn: nerves)
- a sensitive or highly strung temperament

Extra examples

...wisecracked to hide his nervousness during the auditions...

The party had been overlaid with a certain nervousness.

You can feel the nervousness pulsing through the crowd.

His voice betrayed his nervousness.

A little nervousness is only to be expected when you are starting a new job.

He hoped that his nervousness would go unnoticed.

She laughed to hide her nervousness.

Mike's nervousness showed in his voice.

...let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness...

The nervousness had dominion over me.

The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness

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