Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.
- 2adjective
Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.
- 3adjective
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
- 4adjective
Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
- 5adjective
Sensitive; excitable; timid.
- 6adjective
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- 7adjective
excited in anticipation
Synonyms
- 8adjective
easily agitated
"a nervous addict"
"a nervous thoroughbred"
- 9adjective
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
"cast anxious glances behind her"
- 10adjective
of or relating to the nervous system
"nervous disease"
"neural disorder"
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