- 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.–nerv´ous|ly, adverb.–nerv´ous|ness, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.