Adjective: nervous nur-vus
- Easily agitated
"a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"
- Characterized by or causing worry, tension or apprehension
"those nervous moments before takeoff";
- anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
- Excited in anticipation
"The nervous performer waited backstage";
- aflutter
- Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
"The nervous colt was difficult to train";
- skittish, flighty, spooky [N. Amer, informal], skittery
- Of or relating to the nervous system
"nervous disease";
- neural
Sounds like: neighservous
See also: antsy [N. Amer, informal], excitable, excited, fidgety, fretful, itchy, keyed-up, on edge, restless, tense, troubled, twitchy [informal]
Encyclopedia: Nervous