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nervous
What does nervous mean?
nervous (adjective): easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use nervous in a sentence?
- Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce nervous?
/ˈnɝvəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to nervous
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “nervous” mean?
capable of producing great physical force
Not quite: that's what strong means.
existing in possibility, not in actuality
Not quite: that's what potential means.
easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge
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free from external control and constraint
Not quite: that's what independent means.
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