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 Definitions of nervous  [ˈnɜr vəs]  

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Definition of 'nervous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) nervous
unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive; timid.

2.  nervous
highly excitable or agitated.

3.  nervous
of, pertaining to, or affecting the nerves:
nervous tension; nervous diseases.

4.  nervous
suffering from, characterized by, or originating in disordered nerves.

5.  nervous
characterized by acute apprehension:
a nervous moment.

6.  nervous
having or containing nerves.

7.  nervous
vigorous or spirited.


Definition of 'nervous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) nervous
easily agitated
"a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"

2. (adj) anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
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. (adj) nervous, neural
of or relating to the nervous system
"nervous disease"; "neural disorder"

4. (adj) aflutter, nervous
excited in anticipation

5. (adj) skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)


Definition of 'nervous' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) nervous
worried or anxious
I felt so nervous before the interview.; Do you get nervous when you fly?; a nervous laugh

2.  nervous
relating to the nerves in the body
a nervous disorder


Definition of 'nervous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) nervous
possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous

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

3. (adj) nervous
of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever

4. (adj) nervous
having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed

5. (adj) nervous
sensitive; excitable; timid


Translation of 'nervous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of the nerves
the nervous system.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: senuwees Arabic flag Arabic: عَصَبي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нервен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nervoso Czech flag Czech: nervový German flag German: Nerven-...
Danish flag Danish: nerve- Greek flag Greek: νευρικός Spanish flag Spanish: nervioso
Estonian flag Estonian: närvi- Farsi flag Farsi: عصبی Finnish flag Finnish: hermo-
French flag French: nerveux Hebrew flag Hebrew: עֲצַבִּים Hindi flag Hindi: घबराया हुआ
Croatian flag Croatian: živčani sustav Hungarian flag Hungarian: ideg- Indonesian flag Indonesian: berkenaan dengan saraf
Icelandic flag Icelandic: taugaóstyrkur Italian flag Italian: nervoso Japanese flag Japanese: 神経の
Korean flag Korean: 신경의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nervų, nervinis Latvian flag Latvian: nervu-
Malay flag Malay: sistem saraf Dutch flag Dutch: zenuw- Norwegian flag Norwegian: nerve-
Polish flag Polish: nerwowy Persian flag Persian: عصبی Pashto flag Pashto: د عصابو سيسټم
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nervoso Romanian flag Romanian: nervos Russian flag Russian: нервный
Slovak flag Slovak: nervový Slovenian flag Slovenian: živčen Serbian flag Serbian: nervni
Swedish flag Swedish: nerv- Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับประสาท Turkish flag Turkish: sinir sistemi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 害怕地,緊張地 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нервовий Urdu flag Urdu: اعصابي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: về dây thần kinh Chinese flag Chinese: 紧张的,神经质的

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