Definitions for NERVOUS
ˈnɜr vəsner·vous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. nervousadjective

   easily agitated

   "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"

2. anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquietadjective

   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"

3. nervous, neuraladjective

   of or relating to the nervous system

   "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"

4. aflutter, nervousadjective

   excited in anticipation

5. skittish, flighty, spooky, nervousadjective

   unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nervousadjective

   Apprehensive; as, a child nervous about his mother's reaction to his bad report card.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nervousadjective

   Easily agitated or alarmed. Being on edge or edgy.

2. nervousadjective

   Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.

3. nervousadjective

   Relating to or affecting the nerves.

4. Etymology: From nervosus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nervousadjective

   Well strung; strong; vigorous.

   Etymology: nervosus, Latin.

   What nervous arms he boasts, how firm his tread,
   His limbs how turn’d. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. viii.

   2. Relating to the nerves; having the seat in the nerves.3. [In medical cant.] Having weak or diseased nerves.

   Poor, weak, nervous creatures. Cheney.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nervous

   Nervous is a 2015 song by Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James from his album Bitter Pill. The song is a ballad written by Gavin James became the fifth consecutive single from the album following "The Book of Love" (released in 2014), "For You", "Bitter Pill" and "22" (all three released in 2015). The song went Gold in the UK Singles Chart as Platinum in Ireland Belgium, the Netherlands, Gold in Norway and Sweden. A music video was released directed by Christian Tierney.

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1. nervous

   Nervous refers to a state of being anxious, apprehensive, or unsettled. It can also pertain to the nervous system which is a complex network of nerves and cells that transmit signals between different parts of the body, regulating bodily functions and sensations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nervousadjective

   possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous

2. Nervousadjective

   possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer

3. Nervousadjective

   of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever

4. Nervousadjective

   having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed

5. Nervousadjective

   sensitive; excitable; timid

6. Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]

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1. Nervous

   "Nervous" is a rockabilly/doo-wop song first recorded by Gene Summers and His Rebels in 1958 and later covered by Robert Gordon and Link Wray, among others. It was composed by Mary Tarver in 1957, published by Ted Music, BMI and issued on Jan/Jane Records. The "Nervous" recording session took place at Liberty Records Studios in Hollywood, California in June 1958 and featured Rene Hall and James McClung on guitar, Plas Johnson on saxophone, Earl Palmer on drums, and George "Red" Callendar on bass. The background vocal group was the Five Masks. The flipside of "Nervous" was "Gotta Lotta That".

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'NERVOUS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3223

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'NERVOUS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3487

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'NERVOUS' in Adjectives Frequency: #430

How to pronounce NERVOUS?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of NERVOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of NERVOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of NERVOUS in a Sentence

1. Rodney McMullen:

   From a customer standpoint ... they feel incredibly good about the economy, but very nervous about where are things headed.

2. Alexander Zakharchenko:

   While we still have time before the spring, new detachments will be able to receive military training, we expect mobilization to yield at least five additional brigades five motorized brigades, one artillery brigade and a tank brigade. The Ukrainian rearguard for the Debaltseve front in Artemivsk, the home of one of the country's best-selling sparkling wines, looks increasingly like a garrison town. Auto-mechanics and tire shops have seen a sharp pick-up in business repairing damaged vehicles brought in by soldiers. Abandoned Soviet-era plants have been converted into bases. The local stadium is used as a landing pad for helicopters ferrying out the wounded. Many troops are nervous, jumpy and ill-tempered. On Wednesday, a group of irregulars detained a group of international journalists in the center and threatened to escort them out of the town if they took pictures of military equipment. The cannonades are fainter in Artemivsk, but they can still be heard. The significance of that is lost on few.

3. Barack Obama:

   If what you are doing requires no sacrifice at all, then you can do more, if you are one of these folks who is watching cable news at your cocktail parties with your friends and you are saying' civilization is collapsing' and you are nervous and worried, but that is not where you are putting all your time, energy and money, then either you don't actually think civilization is collapsing... or you are not pushing yourself hard enough and I would push harder.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   The establishment is getting very nervous about our campaign, tonight, theyre going to turn on the TV and find the 10,000 people who came out to the Boston Commons and theyre going to become even more nervous.

5. Krysta Rodriguez:

   I was very nervous to do it but it feels nice to actually be able to talk to people about it openly.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=NERVOUS
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=NERVOUS
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nervous
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=NERVOUS
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous
6. ^ ChatGPT
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7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NERVOUS
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=NERVOUS