What does nervous mean?
Definitions for nervous
ˈnɜr vəsner·vous
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word nervous.
Princeton's WordNet
nervousadjective
easily agitated
"a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"
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"
nervous, neuraladjective
of or relating to the nervous system
"nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
aflutter, nervousadjective
excited in anticipation
skittish, flighty, spooky, nervousadjective
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
GCIDE
Nervousadjective
Apprehensive; as, a child nervous about his mother's reaction to his bad report card.
Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
Wiktionary
nervousadjective
Easily agitated or alarmed. Being on edge or edgy.
Etymology: From nervosus
nervousadjective
Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
Etymology: From nervosus
nervousadjective
Relating to or affecting the nerves.
Etymology: From nervosus
Webster Dictionary
Nervousadjective
possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous
Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
Nervousadjective
possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer
Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
Nervousadjective
of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever
Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
Nervousadjective
having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed
Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
Nervousadjective
sensitive; excitable; timid
Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
Freebase
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".
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'nervous' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3223
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'nervous' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3487
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'nervous' in Adjectives Frequency: #430
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nervous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nervous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of nervous in a Sentence
It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face ... was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime ...
People are so nervous about outliving their money, and sometimes they shoot too far in their saving, you don't want to come to the end with $3 million saved, but having sacrificed your whole life along the way.
Children and farm workers in California will no longer be exposed to this neurotoxic pesticide that can permanently impair the brain and nervous systems.
I'm not nervous for Rebecca Taskin, I'm more nervous for the kids.
I was nervous to go to class, morehouse is an all-male college and seeing me with a baby strapped to me would make all eyes be on me.
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- عصبي, متوترArabic
- нервенBulgarian
- nerviósCatalan, Valencian
- nervový, nervózníCzech
- nervesvag, nerve-, nervøsDanish
- nervösGerman
- νευρικός, αγχωμένοςGreek
- nerviosoSpanish
- kärsituEstonian
- عصبیPersian
- hermostunutFinnish
- nerveuxFrench
- nearbhachScottish Gaelic
- nerviosoGalician
- बे चै नHindi
- idegesHungarian
- gugupIndonesian
- nervosoItalian
- עַצבָּנִיHebrew
- 神経質なJapanese
- ನರKannada
- 흥분된, 강한Korean
- agirnokKurdish
- nervousLatin
- pūohorere, āmaimaiMāori
- nerveusDutch
- nervøsNorwegian
- nerwowyPolish
- nervosoPortuguese
- emoționat, agitat, nerăbdător, nervosRomanian
- нервный, нервноеRussian
- nervóznySlovak
- živčenSlovene
- nervösSwedish
- பதட்டமாகTamil
- నాడీTelugu
- หงุดหงิดThai
- endişeli, gerginTurkish
- нервовийUkrainian
- نروسUrdu
- lo lắngVietnamese
- נערוועזYiddish
- 緊張Chinese
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