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Nervous

//ˈnɜːvəs//

Synonyms for "nervous" (224 found)

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General use (199)

Adj, noun, verb(12 words)

upset tense refined piercing telling striking foreboding biting driving mordant shrinking shaken

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(15 words)

critical imperative sensitive sympathetic effective mousy corrosive frantic emotional allergic apprehensive volcanic inflammable eruptive goosey

Adj, name(1 words)

Adjective(102 words)

intense shaky sensational vigorous disturbed responsive irritable restless uneasy edgy poignant careful impressive zealous anxious forceful turbulent feverish nervy incisive

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Adj, adv(4 words)

fearful powerful cowardly gingerly

Noun, verb(2 words)

sinking trembling

Adj, verb(22 words)

disturbed penetrating difficult excited distressed strained perturbed overwrought bothered troubled agitated unquiet flustered discomposed overrefined worried concerned disquieted scared frightened

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panic-stricken flurried

Adjective(9 words)

uneasy anxious flighty skittish spooky unquiet queasy neural aflutter

Noun(1 words)

Prep_phrase(6 words)

in a stew on tenterhooks on edge in a sweat in a tizzy in a dither

Verb(2 words)

stirred up shaken up

wrought up high spirited high strung in a pucker thin skinned hyperpathic anxioused up in fear emotionally unstable high-mettled highly emotional all nerves nerves on edge

Adj, name, verb(1 words)

Informal (25)

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, slang(7 words)

delicate acid volatile explosive neurotic goosy uptight

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, slang(9 words)

touchy edgy gutsy punchy worked up spooky high-strung startlish all-overish

Adj, verb, slang(2 words)

ruffled strung out

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

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