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nervous

/'nɜrvəs/

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adjective
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
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flighty skittish spooky excitable
adjective
of or relating to the nervous system
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"nervous disease"

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neural
adjective
excited in anticipation
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aflutter excited
adjective
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
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"those nervous moments before takeoff"

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anxious queasy uneasy unquiet troubled
adjective
easily agitated
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"a nervous addict" "a nervous thoroughbred"

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tense

Examples of nervous

"nervous disease"
"those nervous moments before takeoff"
"a nervous addict"
"a nervous thoroughbred"