Crossword-Solution: NERVOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nervous | a. | possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. |
| Nervous | a. | Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer. |
| Nervous | a. | Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever. |
| Nervous | a. | Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. |
| Nervous | a. | Sensitive; excitable; timid. |
We have 60 clues for the answer “NERVOUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| unstrung | 1 answer |
| On edge or anxious | 1 answer |
| How you might feel before a first date | 1 answer |
| Full of butterflies | 1 answer |
| Feeling or showing anxiety | 1 answer |
| Acutely uncertain | 1 answer |
| Pacing, say | 2 answers |
| Feeling edgy | 2 answers |
| Easily alarmed | 2 answers |
| HAVING tendency to twitch | 2 answers |
| FLURRIED | 3 answers |
| twittering | 4 answers |
| UNDER severe strain | 4 answers |
| dithery | 4 answers |
| unrelaxed | 5 answers |
| Quick to anger | 5 answers |
| Nelly | 6 answers |
| highly strung | 6 answers |
| highly-strung | 6 answers |
| Panicky | 9 answers |
| Past tense | 10 answers |
| Jumping | 10 answers |
| mettlesome | 10 answers |
| BODY tissue | 15 answers |
| Overwrought | 18 answers |
| Taut | 18 answers |
| On edge? | 20 answers |
| Jumpy | 21 answers |
| BESIDE oneself | 22 answers |
| Up-tight | 23 answers |
| strained | 24 answers |
| Antsy | 24 answers |
| Skittish | 26 answers |
| Jitter | 30 answers |
| inflammable | 35 answers |
| gripping | 40 answers |
| Apprehensive | 40 answers |
| Feverish | 42 answers |
| nerveless | 43 answers |
| Afraid | 45 answers |
| Cowardly ___ | 45 answers |
| On guard | 48 answers |
| tremulous | 51 answers |
| impressible | 52 answers |
| Diffident | 55 answers |
| timorous | 56 answers |
| ill at ease | 56 answers |
| Anxious | 56 answers |
| shaking | 59 answers |
| Dramatic. | 59 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with NERVOUS (5)
Good-night to ye, shepherd.” The bailiff, who showed this nervous dread of loving his neighbours as himself, went up the hill, and Oak walked on to the village, still astonished at the rencontre with Bathsheba, glad of his nearness to her, and perplexed at the rapidity with which the unpractised girl of Norcombe had developed into the supervising and cool woman here.
THE INTERVIEW After her return to the prison, Hester Prynne was found to be in a state of nervous excitement, that demanded constant watchfulness, lest she should perpetrate violence on herself, or do some half-frenzied mischief to the poor babe.
The digestive processes and their reaction upon the nervous system sap our strength and colour our minds.
This usage expresses the connotation that the RTM hack was a sort of devastating watershed event in hackish history; certainly it did more to make non-hackers nervous about the Internet than anything before or since.
Livery Johnson’s bracelets jangling as she fanned herself, and she could hear her father’s nervous, ministerial cough.
Quotes with NERVOUS (3)
Hurt is a part of life. To be honest, I think hurt is a part of happiness, that our definition of happiness has gotten very narrow lately, very nervous, a little afraid of this brawling, fabulous, unpredictable world.
And then to Leo’s surprise, Catherine smiled at him. A sweet, natural, brilliant smile, the first she had ever given him. Leo felt his chest tighten, and he went hot all over, as if some euphoric drug had gone straight to his nervous system. It felt like … happiness. He remembered happiness from a long time ago. He didn’t want to feel it. And yet the giddy warmth kept washing over him for no reason whatsoever.“Thank you,” Catherine said, the smile still hovering on her lips. …
Do you really expect me to fall apart every time another woman throws herself at you? Because, if that's so, I'll be a nervous wreck before the honeymoon's over. Although, if they do it in front of me..." He went still. "Did you just propose to me?" She bristled. "Do you have a problem with that?" The scoreboard lit up, and he gave the world a high five. "God, I love you.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (2012–2023).