transcription, транскрипция: [ nɜ:(r)vəs ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone is nervous , they are frightened or worried about something that is happening or might happen, and show this in their behaviour.
The party has become deeply nervous about its prospects of winning the next election...
She described Mr Hutchinson as nervous and jumpy after his wife’s disappearance.
= anxious
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ about/of n
• nerv‧ous‧ly
Brunhilde stood up nervously as the men came into the room...
ADV : ADV with v
• nerv‧ous‧ness
I smiled warmly so he wouldn’t see my nervousness.
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2.
A nervous person is very tense and easily upset.
She was apparently a very nervous woman, and that affected her career.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
3.
A nervous illness or condition is one that affects your emotions and your mental state.
The number of nervous disorders was rising in the region...
He developed nervous problems after people began repeatedly correcting him.
ADJ : ADJ n