Nervous - English meaning

adjective

Feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

Usage examples:

She was extremely anxious about her exams

adjective

Wanting very much for something to happen; eager

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] i’ve been anxious to meet you., [ + to infinitive ] it was getting late, and i …

adjective

Worried and nervous

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My mother always gets a bit anxious if we don't arrive when we say we will., i saw my sister's anxi…

adjective

Hard but liable to break easily.

Usage examples:

Her bones became fragile and brittle

noun

A brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar.

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Peanut brittle

adjective

Delicate and easily broken

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As you get older your bones become increasingly brittle., the pond was covered in a brittle layer o…

adjective

Tense, nervous, or irritable.

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He became edgy and defensive

adjective

Nervous or easily upset

Usage examples:

He paced the hallway looking edgy and impatient.

adjective

Nervous; not calm

Usage examples:

He was feeling a little edgy about the whole thing.

adjective

Responding too readily to something new or stimulating; easily excited.

Usage examples:

A rather excitable young man

adjective

(of a person or an animal) tending to react quickly and strongly to things

Usage examples:

The dog is excitable, so don’t come too close.

adjective

Easily and often becoming excited

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An excitable child

adjective

Feeling or showing fear or anxiety.

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They are fearful of the threat of nuclear war

adjective

Showing or causing fear; frightened or worried about something

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A fearful expression/reaction, fearful dangers, he was fearful of driving on the icy streets.

adjective

Frightened or worried about something

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I am fearful he will injure himself one of these days., fearful of he hesitated before calling her,…

adjective

Afraid or anxious.

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A frightened child

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

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The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

adjective

Feeling fear or worry

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She gets frightened when he shouts at her., the police officer found a frightened child in the hut.…

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Usage examples:

Janet became hysterical and began screaming

adjective

(of a person) anxious and uneasy.

Usage examples:

He was tired and jumpy

adjective

Nervous or anxious

Usage examples:

Stop watching him; it makes him jumpy.

adjective

Nervous or uncertain about what might happen in the future

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Calming jumpy markets can be difficult in times of crisis.

adjective

Of or like a mouse.

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A mousy smell

adjective

Relating to a nerve or the nervous system.

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Patterns of neural activity

adjective

Involving a nerve or the system of nerves that includes the brain

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Some people suffered severe neural damage as a result of the disease.

adjective

Relating to the anatomy, functions, and organic disorders of nerves and the nervous system.

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Neurological diseases like dementia

adjective

Relating to nerves

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Neurological disease/damage, alzheimer's disease is a neurological disorder.

adjective

Having, caused by, or relating to neurosis.

Usage examples:

Thus, by putting the patient in contact with his phantasy world, psychoanalysis offers a special se…

noun

A neurotic person.

Usage examples:

I wasn't going to be labelled as a hypochondriac or neurotic

adjective

Related to or having unreasonable anxiety or unusual behavior

Usage examples:

A deep-seated neurotic fear of flying

adjective

Nervous or timid in the company of other people.

Usage examples:

I was pretty shy at school

verb

(especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement.

Usage examples:

Their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight

noun

A sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.

adjective

(of an animal, especially a horse) nervous or excitable; easily scared.

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A skittish chestnut mare

adjective

(of people and animals) nervous and easily frightened

Usage examples:

The kitten was really skittish.

adjective

(especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid.

Usage examples:

She tried to relax her tense muscles

verb

Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.

Usage examples:

Her body tensed up

noun

A set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance.

Usage examples:

The future tense

adjective

Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.

Usage examples:

I was too timid to ask for what i wanted

adjective

Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.

Usage examples:

A timorous voice

adjective

Nervous and without much confidence