All nervous synonyms
nervΒ·ous
N n adj nervous
- shaky β tending to shake or tremble.
- apprehensive β Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- irritable β easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- afraid β If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- concerned β If you are concerned to do something, you want to do it because you think it is important.
- volatile β evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- agitated β If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- hysterical β of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- jumpy β subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
- weak β not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- uneasy β not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- uptight β tense, nervous, or jittery.
- tense β in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- timid β lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- hesitant β hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- skittish β apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- shy β bashful; retiring.
- edgy β nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- jittery β extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
- annoyed β If you are annoyed, you are fairly angry about something.
- fussy β excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- spooked β Informal. a ghost; specter.
- bothered β worried or concerned
- distressed β afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
- disturbed β marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
- fidgety β restless; impatient; uneasy.
- fitful β coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
- high-strung β at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- nervy β brashly presumptuous or insolent; pushy: a nervy thing to say; a nervy trick to pull.
- neurotic β pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- on edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- overwrought β extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
- querulous β full of complaints; complaining.
- restive β impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- sensitive β endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- shrinking β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- snappish β apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- solicitous β anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- taut β tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- timorous β full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
- troubled β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- unstrung β simple past tense and past participle of unstring.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
adverb nervous
- nail-biting β the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
- aflutter β in or into a nervous or excited state
- hyper β overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
adjective nervous
- anxious β If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- panicky β a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- fearful β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- excitable β Responding rather too readily to something new or stimulating; too easily excited.