nervous
adjective
[ ˈnəːvəs ]
• easily agitated or alarmed.
• "a sensitive, nervous person"
Similar:
highly strung,
easily frightened,
easily agitated,
anxious,
edgy,
tense,
excitable,
jumpy,
skittish,
brittle,
neurotic,
hysterical,
timid,
timorous,
mousy,
shy,
fearful,
frightened,
frightened of one's own shadow,
apprehensive,
scared,
nervy,
trepidatious,
• relating to or affecting the nerves.
• "a nervous disorder"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘containing nerves’ and ‘relating to the nerves’): from Latin nervosus ‘sinewy, vigorous’, from nervus ‘sinew’ (see nerve). nervous (sense 1) dates from the mid 18th century.
