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)

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1. Nervousadjective

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

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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. Bernie Sanders:

   You can tell when a campaign gets nervous -- like the Clinton campaign -- and I think they're getting a little nervous, what do you think? when candidates and campaigns get nervous, they start throwing out a bunch of stuff.

2. Prince Harry:

   My secret is -- believe it or not -- I get incredibly nervous before public speaking, no matter how big the crowd or the audience and, um, despite the fact that I laugh and joke all the time I get incredibly nervous, if not anxious, actually, before going into rooms full of people when I'm wearing a suit, and now that I've confessed that, I'll probably be even more worried that people are looking at me.

3. Milo Bloom:

   The first sign of a nervous breakdown is when you start thinking your work is terribly important.

4. Albert Einstein:

   When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

5. Shana Alexander:

   The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

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