Nervousness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being nervous.
  • noun. Morbid psychical irritability; unsteadiness of nervous control; a state of despondency consequent on an affection of the nerves.
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  • noun. State or quality of being nervous.
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  • noun. The state or quality of being nervous.
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  • noun. a sensitive or highly strung temperament
  • noun. an uneasy psychological state
  • noun. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
    • Word Usage
    "Because we know how well he's done and how well he'll do, his nervousness is amusing and disarming."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    anxiety  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agitation  anxiety  awkwardness  elation  exhaustion  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agitability  agitation  all-overs  allergy  anaphylaxis  
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