A touch of nervousness is besetting me because I have a German exam tomorrow.
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Nervousness
Synonyms for "nervousness" (209 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
delicacydiscomposuredisorderdisquietdisquietudedistressdisturbancedreaddriveebullitionedginesseffectivenessembroilmentemotional instabilityemotionalismempathyeruptivenessexcitabilityexcitablenessexcitement
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explosivenessexquisitenessfearfear and tremblingfermentfermentationfeverfeverishnessfidgetfidgetsfinenessflapflurryflusterflutterationfomentforceforcefulnessforebodingforebodingnessfumefussgoose bumpsgoosefleshgutsheartquakehorripilationhorrorhubbubhurly burlyhurly-burlyhyperesthesiahyperpathiahypersensitivityidentificationimpressivenessincisivenessinflammabilityinquietudeirascibilityirritabilityjimjamsjitteriness
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Noun(5 words)
jittersjumpinesslatent violencemaelstrommalaisemisgivingmoilmordancynervenervinessnervous strainnervous tensionoveranxietyoversensibilityoversensitivenessovertendernesspalpitationpanicpassibilityperceptiveness
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perceptivityperturbabilityperturbationphobiaphotophobiapins and needlespoignancypowerpricklinesspuckerpunchquakingqualmquiver of terrorresponsivenessrestlessnessroilroutrowseetheseethingsensitivenesssensitivitysensitizationshivershiverssinewsinewinessskittishnesssolicitudesorenessstage frightstartlishnessstewstirstrainstrengthstrong languagesupersensitivitysuspensesweatswirlsympathytacttactfulnesstempestuousnesstendernesstensiontetchinessthin skinthrill of fearticticklishnessto doto-dotouchinesstrenchancytrepidationtrepiditytroubletumulttumultuationturbidityturbulenceturmoiltwitchingtwitteruneaseuneasinessunquietnessunrestupsetvaporvexationvigorvigorousnessviolencevitalityzeal
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1 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَوَتُّر noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нервност noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Czech
1 entries- nervozita noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Danish
1 entries- nervøsitet noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Dutch
1 entries- zenuwachtigheid noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Esperanto
2 entries- maltrankvileco noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- nervozeco noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Finnish
1 entries- hermostuneisuus noun (state or quality of being nervous)
French
1 entries- nervosité noun (state or quality of being nervous)
German
2 entries- Nervosität noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- Unruhe noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Hungarian
1 entries- idegesség noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Italian
1 entries- nervosismo noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- agirnokî noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nervøsitet noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nervøsitet noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سڭیر noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Portuguese
2 entries- nervosia noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- nervosismo noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Romanian
1 entries- nervozitate noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Russian
2 entries- не́рвность noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- нерво́зность noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Slovak
1 entries- nervozita noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Spanish
3 entries- intranquilidad noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- nerviosidad noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- nerviosismo noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Swedish
2 entries- nervositet noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- oro noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Turkish
2 entries- gerginlik noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- heyecan noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Ukrainian
3 entries- нерво́вість noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- нерво́зність noun (state or quality of being nervous)
- нервува́ння noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Yoruba
1 entries- ojora noun (state or quality of being nervous)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom tried to hide his nervousness.
Source: tatoeba (2770603)
Tom was undoubtedly the most intelligent student in the entire school, but whenever the teacher asked him a question for which he was not prepared, he was filled with such nervousness that he would become confused, and something utterly incomprehensible would issue from his mouth as soon as he opened it.
Source: tatoeba (2774736)
The silent man seemed even more clumsy than usual, and drank champagne with regularity and determination out of sheer nervousness.
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