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Nervous Pronunciation

Pronounce Nervous as N EH R V OW UW S.

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    Nervous phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'nervous'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of nervous: /nɛrvoʊus/
    • Modern IPA representation of nervous: /nɛrvɒʊs/

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    List of meaning for nervous

    anxious; worried

    nervous(adj)

    easily agitated

    "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"

    anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet(adj)

    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

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

    nervous, neural(adj)

    of or relating to the nervous system

    "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"

    aflutter, nervous(adj)

    excited in anticipation

    skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous(adj)

    unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

    feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

    he was nervous about how he would do at the varsity basketball tryouts

    marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings

    a nervous silence filled the room as the teacher handed out the graded exams

    easily excited by nature

    a nervous sort of person, she's completely thrown by anything unexpected

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    nervous in sentence

    1. The nervous suspect began to fidget his hands and feet, his constant movements tipping off detectives to his lies.

    2. I have never flown before so I’m kind of nervous about getting on an airplane.

    3. Although the meek girl knew the answer to the teacher’s question, she was too nervous to raise her hand.

    4. After Gail suffered a nervous breakdown, she was emotionally brittle and easily upset.

    5. Frank was nervous about participating in the dangerous escapade.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term nervous

    If I were Greg LeRoy, I would be nervous about putting my public eggs in a private basket, that's a risky principle.

    – Greg LeRoy

    All of a sudden, the market has gotten spooked and become nervous again. Nobody seems to be able to figure out what the overall market is thinking.

    – Marcus Xu

    Sentiment is quite nervous ... I think more and more investors blame central banks for not acting in the current environment to bring stabilisation, currently there is no positive bottom-up or fundamental signal that is strong enough to keep markets up.

    – Ingo Speich

    A bailout is not enough for recovery, austerity is not enough for recovery. Ukraine needs investment, a lot of investment. Even local investors are very wary of investing in these uncertain, nervous times.

    – Pavlo Sheremeta

    From a customer standpoint ... they feel incredibly good about the economy, but very nervous about where are things headed.

    – Rodney McMullen

    It's startling, it's definitely a changed planet ... It makes us nervous about the long-term impact.

    – David Carlson

    Europe is in a nervous crisis, will a Europe of fear and racism overtake a Europe of solidarity?

    – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras

    I think the main impact of this is really going to be on investors, more than anything else, some investors might get a bit nervous about putting more money into the cannabis industry until the situation resolves itself.

    – Steve DeAngelo

    The latest rebound in oil, combined with European and Japan central bank's hinting at further stimulus, has provided a short-term reprieve for what so far this year, can be described as a nervous and punishing market.

    – Gary Huxtable

    People are so nervous about outliving their money, and sometimes they shoot too far in their saving, you don't want to come to the end with $3 million saved, but having sacrificed your whole life along the way.

    – Joe Nadreau

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