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nervous
adjective
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- N
- Ends with
- S
- Contains
- ERVOU
- Scrabble score
- 10
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈnɜːvəs
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Meaning
Definitions
adjective
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
adjective
excited in anticipation
adjective
easily agitated
“a nervous addict”
adjective
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
“spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”
adjective
of or relating to the nervous system
“nervous disease”
In context
Example Sentences
a nervous addict
a nervous thoroughbred
spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
cast anxious glances behind her
those nervous moments before takeoff
an unquiet mind
nervous disease
neural disorder
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