nerv´ous|ness

nerv´ous|ness: nerv|ous «NUR vuhs», adjective.

1. of the nerves: »a nervous disorder.

2. easily excited or upset: »a nervous driver, a nervous dog. A person who has been overworking is likely to become nervous.
SYNONYM(S): high-strung, excitable, jumpy.

3. having or proceeding from nerves that are out of order: »a nervous patient, a nervous tapping of the fingers.

4. deriving from a tense or quickened condition of the nerves: »nervous energy.

5. restless or uneasy; timid: »She is nervous about staying alone at night.
SYNONYM(S): apprehensive.

6. having nerves.

7. Figurative. strong; vigorous; powerful; spirited: »The artist painted with quick, nervous strokes. They were swept before the mettled horses and nervous arms of their antagonists like chaff before the wind (James Fenimore Cooper).
SYNONYM(S): energetic.

╂[< Latin 102 nervōsus sinewy < nervus sinew; see etym. under nerve (Cf. ↑nerve)]

–nerv´ous|ly, adverb.

–nerv´ous|ness, noun.

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nerv|ous — «NUR vuhs», adjective. 1. of the nerves: »a nervous disorder. 2. easily excited or upset: »a nervous driver, a nervous dog. A person who has been overworking is likely to become nervous. SYNONYM(S): high strung, excitable, jumpy. 3. having or… … Useful english dictionary
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