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nervous

About 26.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of sinews and tendons. Full of sinews. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular. Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful.
  2. adjective Full of sinews. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. adjective Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular.
  4. adjective Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful.
  5. adjective Of nerves. Supplied with nerves; innervated. Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system. Nervose. Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
    Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.
  6. adjective Supplied with nerves; innervated.
  7. adjective Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system.
  8. adjective Nervose.

Similar words

neural aflutter jittery jumpy overstrung high-strung nervy spooky edgy excitable

Often followed by

system and about systems breakdown tissue energy tension diseases

Word family

nervously nervousness nervousnesses

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