Definition of nervous

adjective (a)

• of or relating to the nervous system (adj.pert)

  Synonym: neural
  

  Example:
  Nervous disease.
  

  source: wordnet30
• possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• easily agitated (adj.all)

  Example:
  A nervous addict.
  A nervous thoroughbred.
  

  source: wordnet30
• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety (adj.all)

  Synonym: anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
  

  Example:
  Those nervous moments before takeoff.
  

  source: wordnet30
• excited in anticipation (adj.all)

  Synonym: aflutter
  

  source: wordnet30
• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) (adj.all)

  Synonym: flighty, skittish, spooky
  

  source: wordnet30

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