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Synonyms for nervous

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for nervous

in a state of anxiety or uneasiness

feeling or exhibiting nervous tension

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Synonyms for nervous

easily agitated

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causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

of or relating to the nervous system

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excited in anticipation

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unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

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During the search, Hilton "waited nervously in floods of tears".
and he would see wild turkeys nervously strolling around him.
He claimed on Wednesday he was merely "waiting nervously" for Sunderland to make the call to him.
Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria nervously train alongside the professionals, knowing they must impress a big promoter in Rome in order to secure a booking in the Big Apple.
We all do it; smile nervously when we know we're in the wrong, but are hoping the other party isn't going to question our mistake.
Sarah nervously mentions the idea to Martin, who eventually agrees to get the marriage back on track.
But the pair both went as Sri Lanka stumbled from 160 for one in the 33rd over to 185 for five in the 43rd before scrambling nervously to victory with a flattering 13 balls to spare.
"I DON'T know if it should be that colour," I gabbled nervously.
I've gone up in the world now with my weekly all day pass but look on in sympathy at those in the bus shelters nervously checking their watches.'' Robert will be selling prints of his pictures at the Handmade in Birmingham Market in the Bullring market area this Saturday between 9am and 5pm.
And though Rothwell came back determinedly in the dying throes to score twice with Robbie Maddox and Martin Blakey breaching the Adders' rearguard, the Sheepy Roaders held out somewhat nervously to secure their seventh away league victory of the season.
With the first post-Katrina hurricane season upon us, all eyes are nervously focused on the property/casualty industry's response to the mega-storm everyone hopes never happens.
I REMEMBER THE EXCITEMENT OF MAKING MY FIRST HOLY Communion: practicing with Necco wafers, wearing a white dress, veil, and shoes, nervously marching up to the altar with sweaty hands folded in prayer, and closing my eyes, waiting to feel the priest place the Host on my tongue for the first time.
A girl no older than 10 and no bigger than a bass guitar steps up to the microphone, looks nervously down at her notes, and proceeds to screech her lungs out.
Throughout the summer and early fall of 1871, inhabitants of the region went about their daily routines battling the smoke and ashes from the surrounding prairie and forest fires, while nervously scanning the horizon for signs of imminent danger.