What does nervous mean? (original) (raw)

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

  1. nervousadjective
    easily agitated
    "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"
  2. anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquietadjective
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
    "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
  3. nervous, neuraladjective
    of or relating to the nervous system
    "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
  4. aflutter, nervousadjective
    excited in anticipation
  5. skittish, flighty, spooky, nervousadjective
    unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Nervousadjective
    Apprehensive; as, a child nervous about his mother's reaction to his bad report card.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nervousadjective
    Easily agitated or alarmed. Being on edge or edgy.
  2. nervousadjective
    Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
  3. nervousadjective
    Relating to or affecting the nerves.
  4. Etymology: From nervosus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Nervousadjective
    Well strung; strong; vigorous.
    Etymology: nervosus, Latin.
    What nervous arms he boasts, how firm his tread,
    His limbs how turn’d.Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. viii.
    2. Relating to the nerves; having the seat in the nerves.3. [In medical cant.] Having weak or diseased nerves.
    Poor, weak, nervous creatures._Cheney.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Nervous
    Nervous is a 2015 song by Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James from his album Bitter Pill. The song is a ballad written by Gavin James became the fifth consecutive single from the album following "The Book of Love" (released in 2014), "For You", "Bitter Pill" and "22" (all three released in 2015). The song went Gold in the UK Singles Chart as Platinum in Ireland Belgium, the Netherlands, Gold in Norway and Sweden. A music video was released directed by Christian Tierney.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nervous
    Nervous refers to a state of being anxious, apprehensive, or unsettled. It can also pertain to the nervous system which is a complex network of nerves and cells that transmit signals between different parts of the body, regulating bodily functions and sensations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. Nervousadjective
    possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous
  2. Nervousadjective
    possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer
  3. Nervousadjective
    of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever
  4. Nervousadjective
    having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed
  5. Nervousadjective
    sensitive; excitable; timid
  6. Etymology: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]

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  1. Nervous
    "Nervous" is a rockabilly/doo-wop song first recorded by Gene Summers and His Rebels in 1958 and later covered by Robert Gordon and Link Wray, among others. It was composed by Mary Tarver in 1957, published by Ted Music, BMI and issued on Jan/Jane Records. The "Nervous" recording session took place at Liberty Records Studios in Hollywood, California in June 1958 and featured Rene Hall and James McClung on guitar, Plas Johnson on saxophone, Earl Palmer on drums, and George "Red" Callendar on bass. The background vocal group was the Five Masks. The flipside of "Nervous" was "Gotta Lotta That".

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency
    Rank popularity for the word 'nervous' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3223
  2. Written Corpus Frequency
    Rank popularity for the word 'nervous' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3487
  3. Adjectives Frequency
    Rank popularity for the word 'nervous' in Adjectives Frequency: #430

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology
    The numerical value of nervous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
  2. Pythagorean Numerology
    The numerical value of nervous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of nervous in a Sentence

  1. Chef Anthony Bourdain:
    I’ve tried. I just think I’m just too nervous, neurotic, driven, i would have had a different answer a few years ago. I might have deluded myself into thinking that I’d be happy in a hammock or gardening. But no, I’m quite sure I can’t.
  2. Cynthia Cowles:
    You still play with your shoelace when you're nervous.
  3. Linda Sonigo:
    I'm nervous. I'm afraid.
  4. Irwin Michael:
    However, the real effect is on investor psychology, people get nervous. More likely than not they're selling their winners.
  5. Rick Meckler:
    The market has stayed in this range for a while, maybe this is the higher end of it, interest rate movement makes people nervous and when it stops rising, people kind of migrate back to stocks. It is still at a point where it represents a more attractive alternative than bonds.

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References

  1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
  2. ^ GCIDE
  3. ^ Wiktionary
  4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
  5. ^ Wikipedia
  6. ^ ChatGPT
  7. ^ Webster Dictionary
  8. ^ Wikidata
  9. ^ Usage in printed sources

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