nervous, adj.
freq. cnt. 12
freq. cnt. 12
easily agitated
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
nervous
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"a nervous addict""a nervous thoroughbred"
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causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
anxious nervous queasy uneasy unquiet
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"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results""cast anxious glances behind her"
"those nervous moments before takeoff"
"an unquiet mind"
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unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
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flighty nervous skittish spooky
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excited in anticipation
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aflutter nervous
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of or relating to the nervous system
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nervous neural
sample sentences
"nervous disease""neural disorder"
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