NERVOUS


Meaning of NERVOUS in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound

Both men appeared ~.

▪ become , get , grow

▪ make sb

Sit down—you're making me ~!

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ desperately , highly , incredibly

He had worked himself up into a highly ~ state.

▪ increasingly

▪ almost

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

▪ suddenly

▪ clearly , obviously , visibly

▪ understandably

PREPOSITION

▪ about

~ about the wedding

▪ at

~ at what might happen

▪ of

I was slightly ~ of him.

Nervous is used with these nouns: ↑ anticipation , ↑ breakdown , ↑ chatter , ↑ chuckle , ↑ collapse , ↑ disorder , ↑ disposition , ↑ energy , ↑ excitement , ↑ exhaustion , ↑ finger , ↑ giggle , ↑ glance , ↑ habit , ↑ hand , ↑ horse , ↑ laugh , ↑ laughter , ↑ reaction , ↑ stammer , ↑ state , ↑ strain , ↑ system , ↑ temperament , ↑ tension , ↑ tremor , ↑ twitch , ↑ wait , ↑ wreck

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