Nervous

Word NERVOUS
Character 7
Hyphenation nerv ous
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Nervous"

What do we mean by nervous?

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. adjective

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.

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

Of sinews and tendons.

Of nerves.

A condition of fear that causes one to be tense, awkward, jittery, and apprehensive, possibly with trembling or excitability, often caused by being uncertain of what dangers may be looming or how to handle them. For example, teenagers regularly feel nervous when they don't know what an attractive person of the opposite sex thinks of them. Urban Dictionary

A game played by teenagers generally where one person (usually male) touches the female in a variety of spots, getting more intimate with each new place. Each time he touches her somewhere new, he asks if she is nervous, and if she says no, he continues to move on to more intimate parts of the body until she decides she is too nervous for him to move on. Urban Dictionary

A game that teens play where a girl and boy sit across from each other with their legs next to each other. one starts with their hand at the other's ankle and then moves their hand up their partners leg until the partner gets "nervous" if their parntner doesn't get nervous well guess who just made it to third base Urban Dictionary

V., to worry; to scare; to bother; to cause feelings of tension or concern; to evoke agitation or distress. Urban Dictionary

A term describing a state wherein something is amiss, broken, partially missing, incomplete, or otherwise insufficient. Urban Dictionary

A little shakey, maybe not what something wants to or is supposed to be... A bit suspicious. Urban Dictionary

A type of fear that makes a person tense, often trembling or being very jittery, and awkward. Urban Dictionary

What moose are in Canada, and what women are in Japan. Urban Dictionary

Ok its a game where u need a group of guys and girls. then a girl and a guy get together and start DOING STUFF... going further and further if u get me. u are basically trying to get the other person horny. when one of you gets horny you say 'NERVOUS', and both of you stop and go onto another person. but if neither of you get horny at all then.. well u end up DOING IT lol in the end. its a great game try it Urban Dictionary

A women one is trying to hook up with but is unaware of her feelings towards him. So called because the women in question makes the wooer nervous. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Nervous

The word "nervous" in example sentences

It is hardly necessary to say that the functions of the nervous system are completely deranged, indeed, +nervous twitchings+ of the +eyelids+, ❋ Civiale Remedial Agency (N/A)

I am growing nervous (how you will laugh!) -- but it is true, -- really, wretchedly, ridiculously, fine-ladically _nervous_. ❋ Thomas Moore (1815)

Actually, people don, t really know the meaning of the term nervous breakdown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term nervous breakdown is not a medical term and is not listed as a psychiatric disorder in any medical text It is a publicly non-medically coined term used in common language and speech to indicate a highly stressed state of mind ❋ Unknown (2008)

PT, I don't know how low your exercise level went, but I've found that if I'm completely sedentary, I have a strong impulse towards what I call nervous eating-- it's very clear that I really want the stimulation rather than being hungry. ❋ Steven Barnes (2010)

Less than two weeks after the convention, the running mate held a news conference, Eagleton denied any drinking problems, but did acknowledge he had been hospitalized three times for what he called nervous exhaustion and had received electroshock therapy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In a brand-new interview posted on "TheDailyBeast. com," Jennifer is telling all about her suffering, what she calls a nervous breakdown, also why she would consider sending her twins to a Scientology school, and the real reason she sold pictures of the twins for a reported $6 million. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And I want to begin with what Jennifer Lopez a well-known celebrity profiler named Kevin Sessums about having what she called a nervous breakdown when she was shooting a movie back in 2002. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Christina, he would have believed my delicate condition was the reason for what he referred to as my nervous disposition. ❋ Julie Garwood (1993)

Even if that subtile form of force which we call nervous energy should prove to be uncorrelated with other forms of energy, the idea of the conservation of energy must be changed. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

But, granting that your economical dinner tastes as good as the dear one, -- a large assumption, -- and that it is equally nutritious, -- a still greater, -- next comes what I call the nervous element in the matter. ❋ Unknown (1877)

He had never been very robust or strong; the secret which none save Arthur knew had gradually undermined his health, and he was subject to frequent attacks of what he called his nervous headaches. ❋ Mary Jane Holmes (1866)

She hastened to Miss Lyster's room, and found that young lady completely prostrated by what she called a nervous headache. ❋ Charlotte M. Brame (1860)

The physiological significance of the fact I suppose to be that the flow of what we call the nervous current from the thinking centre to the organs of speech was rendered freer and easier by the establishment of a simultaneous collateral nervous current to the set of muscles concerned in the action I have described. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

This difference of character lies probably close on the confines of the physical powers which move the human organism, and belongs to that amphibious organisation which we call the nervous system, which appears to be partly material, partly spiritual. ❋ Carl Von Clausewitz (1805)

After celebrating with his wife, the couple had just returned to their home in Kent when he experienced what he describes as a nervous breakdown. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"as nervous as a [leaf] in a [tornado]" "as nervous as a nun in a [sperm bank]" ❋ Pro-Love Girl (2010)

"[Sally and Jack] [played] nervous for [3 hours] last night" ❋ Lauren (2004)

guy 1: I played nervous with Emily last night guy 2: no way [how far] did she [let you go] guy 1: the top of her [thigh] ❋ Itsreallyenterating (2013)

"She nervouses me." (As uttered by [incomparable] 'New York' on the [VH1] program 'Flava of [Love']) ❋ Thithyphuth (2006)

[Funkmaster Flex] "Yo, [turn me up] in my headphones. My headphones have a lot of [static] ... my headphones are mad nervous, yo!" ❋ Lingabao (2012)

That mix was a little nervous, bro. [The DJ] [cleared] the floor with that [Kwame] track. ❋ Ill Trooper (2003)

"It's okay, [Yoko], don't be nervous, just imagine everyone naked; just boobs and [wangers] everywhere... just hanging there.." - [Germaine], Raised By Wolves TV series. ❋ EzzieHime.jpg (2015)

[Canada]: where [the men] are men and the [moose] are nervous. ❋ Still_Trippin' (2006)

there is [no example].. u have to play it to experience it. when u get horny from [wot] the person is doin then u say [NERVOUS] and u both stop. get me. ❋ Xx BlondeNess XX (2007)

[Friend 1]: How's nervous doing? Friend 2: She's [killing] me man, [I have no idea] what she wants. ❋ Jake (2004)

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