Nervous

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to the nerves or nervous system.
  • adjective. Stemming from or affecting the nerves or nervous system.
  • adjective. Easily agitated or distressed; high-strung or jumpy.
  • adjective. Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension.
  • adjective. Vigorous in style or feeling; spirited.
  • adjective. Strong; sinewy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of nerves.
  • Sinewy; strong; vigorous; well-strung.
  • Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by force or strength in sentiment or style: as, a nervous historian.
  • Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in or affecting some part of the nervous system: as, a nervous disease; a nervous impulse; a nervous action.
  • Having the nerves affected; having weak ordiseased nerves; easily agitated or excited; weak; timid.
  • In botany, same as nerved.
  • Synonyms Forcible.
  • Timorous, excitable, high-strung.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.
  • adjective. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves
  • adjective. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
  • adjective. Sensitive; excitable; timid.
  • adjective. Apprehensive.
  • adjective. a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc.
  • adjective. the specialized coördinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic, and Illust. in Appendix.
  • adjective. a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Easily agitated or alarmed; on edge or edgy.
  • adjective. Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
  • adjective. Relating to or affecting the nerves.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. easily agitated
  • adjective. excited in anticipation
  • adjective. of or relating to the nervous system
  • adjective. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  • adjective. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  • Word Usage
    "It is hardly necessary to say that the functions of the nervous system are completely deranged, indeed, +nervous twitchings+ of the +eyelids+,"
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    calm  relaxed  
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    anxious  gentle  mental  sudden  uneasy  
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