adj. 25B6; adjective
a nervous woman : HIGHLY STRUNG, anxious, edgy, tense, nervy, excitable, skittish, brittle, neurotic; timid, mousy, shy, fearful; informal jumpy.
he was so nervous he couldn't eat : ANXIOUS, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, stressed, agitated, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought; fearful, frightened, scared, shaky, in a cold sweat; informal with butterflies in one's stomach, jittery, twitchy, jumpy, in a state, uptight, wired, in a flap, het up; Brit. informal strung up, having kittens; N. Amer. informal spooky, squirrelly.
a nervous disorder : NEUROLOGICAL, neural.
relaxed, calm.