Nervous I Adjective ˈnɜːvəs ˈnɜːrvəs Felt Interview Exams

• i felt really nervous before the interview.
• i get so nervous before exams.
• i was too nervous to say anything.
• consumers are very nervous about the future.

nervous

1. anxious about something or afraid of something
• OPPOSITE confident
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• I felt really nervous before the interview.
• I get so nervous before exams.
• I was too nervous to say anything.
• Consumers are very nervous about the future.
• The horse may be nervous of cars.
• He had been nervous about inviting us.
• a nervous laugh/glance/smile (= one that shows that you feel anxious)
• By the time the police arrived, I was a nervous wreck.

Extra Examples

• I was so nervous I almost fainted.
• He had worked himself up into a highly nervous state.
• I was slightly nervous of him.
• Sit down—you're making me nervous!
• nervous about the wedding
• I must admit that I was a bit nervous at first.
2. easily worried or frightened
• She was a thin, nervous girl.
• He's not the nervous type.
• She was of a nervous disposition.
3. connected with the body’s nerves and often affecting you mentally or emotionally
• a nervous condition/disorder/disease
• She was in a state of nervous exhaustion.
• There is danger of her going into nervous shock.
• He was full of nervous energy, like a racehorse who hadn't run in a while.
4. to be very easily frightened; to be very nervous

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the senses ‘containing nerves’ and ‘relating to the nerves’): from Latin nervosus ‘sinewy, vigorous’, from nervus ‘sinew’; related to Greek neuron ‘nerve’. Senses (1) and (2) date from the mid 18th cent.