English > nerves: 2 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | An uneasy psychological state. |
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| Example | "he suffered an attack of nerves" |
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| Synonym | nervousness |
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| Narrower | jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies | extreme / extreme nervousness |
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| strain, mental strain, nervous strain | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress |
| Broader | psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic |
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| Spanish | nerviosidad, nerviosismo, nervios, tensión |
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| Catalan | nerviosisme, nerviositat, nervis, tensió |
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