nerveux
Meaning
- nerve; nervous
- nervous (typified by nervousness)
Concepts
nervous
jumpy
jittery
nervy
edgy
fidgety
highly strung
uneasy
agitated
high-strung
overstrung
restive
neural
sinewy
fast
quick
quickly
zappy
zippy
all shook up
flustered
in a dither
restless
twitchy
be jumpy
ireful
gaunt
haggard
lean
rawboned
scraggy
scrawny
wiry
flighty
skittish
spooky
aflutter
uptight
anxious
queasy
unquiet
be nervous
cutting edge
duress
laced-up
leading edge
like a cat on a hot tin roof
overwound
resty
wired
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nɛʁ.vø/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, a borrowing from Latin nervōsus.
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