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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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