nervous

1. a. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. Source: opted

2. a. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer. Source: opted

3. a. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever. Source: opted

4. a. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. Source: opted

5. a. Sensitive; excitable; timid. Source: opted

6. adj. easily agitated Source: wordnet

7. adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety Source: wordnet

8. adj. of or relating to the nervous system Source: wordnet

9. adj. excited in anticipation Source: wordnet

10. adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) Source: wordnet

11. 1. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope. 2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer. 3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever. 4. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. Poor, weak, nervous creatures. Cheyne. 5. Sensitive; excitable; timid. Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous about the land. M. Arnold. Nervous fever (Med.), a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc. -- Nervous system (Anat.), the specialized coördinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic, and Illust. in Appendix. -- Nervous temperament, a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations. Mayne. Source: webster

12. j:100 s. easily agitated a. of or relating to the nervous system Source: ecdict

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