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What does nervous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word nervous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
  2. Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
  3. Relating to or affecting the nerves.
  4. (obsolete) Of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.
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Too much sympathetic nervous system activity can be associated with stress, anxiety, and dysphoric mood.
She is becoming nervous and anxious but there are still four people in front of her.
Some may be anxious and nervous or may develop behaviors to avoid stimuli that remind them of past experiences.
Bethany had felt energized before the meet, but now she felt nervous and queasy.
Here we will activate your sympathetic nervous system using a famous model pain stimulus: dunking your hand in ice water.
Those who are sensitive, nervous and anxious, with a reserved nature, are prone.

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