| NOUN | feeling | nervousness, jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness | the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters |
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| state | nervousness, nerves | an uneasy psychological state | |
| attribute | nervousness | a sensitive or highly strung temperament |
| Sounds | ner'vahsnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. | |
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| Synonyms | jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness | |
| Broader | anxiety | A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
| Spanish | nerviosismo, zozobra | |
| Catalan | nerviosisme, nerviositat | |
| Adjectives | nervous | excited in anticipation |
| nervous | causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | |
| Meaning | An uneasy psychological state. | |
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| Synonym | nerves | |
| Narrower | jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies | extreme / extreme nervousness |
| 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 |
| Spanish | nerviosidad, nerviosismo, nervios, tensión | |
| Catalan | nerviosisme, nerviositat, nervis, tensió | |
| Adjectives | nervous | causing or fraught with or showing anxiety |
| Meaning | A sensitive or highly strung temperament. | |
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| Narrower | restlessness, uneasiness, queasiness | inability to rest or relax or be still |
| skittishness, restiveness | Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright | |
| Broader | disposition, temperament | Your usual / usual mood |
| Spanish | ansiedad, nerviosidad | |
| Adjectives | nervous | unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) |
| nervous | easily agitated | |
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