English adjective: nervous | |||
1. | nervous easily agitated | ||
Samples | A nervous addict. A nervous thoroughbred. | ||
Similar | tense | ||
Antonyms | relaxed | ||
2. | nervous causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | ||
Samples | Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results. Cast anxious glances behind her. Those nervous moments before takeoff. An unquiet mind. | ||
Synonyms | anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet | ||
Similar | troubled | ||
Antonyms | untroubled | ||
3. | nervous of or relating to the nervous system | ||
Samples | Nervous disease. Neural disorder. | ||
Synonyms | neural | ||
4. | nervous excited in anticipation | ||
Synonyms | aflutter | ||
Similar | excited | ||
Antonyms | unexcited | ||
5. | nervous unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | ||
Synonyms | flighty, skittish, spooky | ||
Similar | excitable | ||
Antonyms | unexcitable | ||