nervous

nervous is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.
2. adjective. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.
3. adjective. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
4. adjective. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
5. adjective. Sensitive; excitable; timid.
6. adjective. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

   Synonyms: flighty, skittish, spooky

7. adjective. excited in anticipation

   Synonyms: aflutter

8. adjective. easily agitated

   "a nervous addict"

   "a nervous thoroughbred"

9. adjective. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

   "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"

   "cast anxious glances behind her"

   Synonyms: anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet

10. adjective. of or relating to the nervous system

    "nervous disease"

    "neural disorder"

    Synonyms: neural

Synonyms

flighty, skittish, spooky, aflutter, anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet, neural

Common word forms

nervously, nervousness

Words from these letters

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