1
[ adjective ] easily agitated

Examples

"quick nervous movements"

Related terms

tense

2
[ adjective ] being in a tense state

Used in print

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

If anyone had asked her , she would have described herself only as nervous and worried .

Related terms

tense

3
[ adjective ] causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

Examples

"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results" "cast anxious glances behind her" "those nervous moments before takeoff" "an unquiet mind"

Related terms

troubled

4
[ adjective ] of or relating to the nervous system

Synonyms

neural

Examples

"nervous disease" "neural disorder"

5
[ adjective ] excited in anticipation

Synonyms

aflutter

Related terms

excited

6
[ adjective ] unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Synonyms

spooky skittish

Related terms

excitable

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