Complete Definition of "nervous"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-nervous.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Easily agitated or alarmed.
  2. Apprehensive or anxious.
  3. Relating to or affecting the nerves.

Synonyms
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Translations
trans-top|easily agitated
Danish: nervøs, nervesvag
trans-mid
Romanian: t-|ro|emoţionat
Russian: t|ru|не�вн�й|tr=n'érvnyj
Spanish: nervioso
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trans-top|anxious
Arabic: Arab|عصب� IPAchar|(�á�abi)
Chinese: 紧张 (j�nzh�ng)
Danish: nervøs
Dutch: nerveus
Finnish: hermostunut
French: nerveux
German: nervös
Hungarian: ideges
trans-mid
Italian: nervoso
Japanese: ��� (�����, shinkei no)
Korean: ��� (heungbundoen)
Portuguese: nervoso
Romanian: t-|ro|emoţionat, t-|ro|ner�bd�tor
Russian: t|ru|не�вн�й|tr=n'érvnyj
Spanish: nervioso
Swedish: nervös
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trans-top|relating to the nerves
Danish: nerve-
trans-mid
Romanian: t-|ro|nervos
Russian: t|ru|не�вн�й|tr=n'érvnyj
Spanish: nervioso
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Derived terms
nervous breakdown
nervously
nervousness

autonomic nervous system
central nervous system
enteric nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
peripheral nervous system
sympathetic nervous system

Related terms
nervosity

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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