3.4.2.4.2 Nervous

Use this domain for words related to feeling nervous--to be worried and frightened that something bad may happen, so that you are unable to relax.

  • What words refer to feeling nervous?
    be nervous, be on edge, have butterflies (in your stomach), be on pins and needles,
  • What words refer to the feeling of being nervous?
    nerves, nervousness, tension, unease, stage fright,
  • What words describe someone who feels nervous?
    nervous, apprehensive, edgy, fidgety, flustered, ill at ease, jittery, restless, tense, uneasy, uneasily, uptight
  • What words refer to feeling very nervous?
    agitated, be a bundle of nerves, excited, have the jitters, be jittery, jumpy, nervous wreck, panicky, be in a state,
  • What words describe someone who is often nervous?
    nervous, high-strung, of a nervous disposition,
  • What words refer to causing someone to feel nervous?
    make someone nervous, fluster, unsettle, unnerve, psych out, put someone on edge,
  • What words refer to something that causes someone to feel nervous?
    strain,
  • What words describe something that causes someone to feel nervous?
    tense, strained, uneasy, nail biting, charged, nerve-racking
  • What words refer to causing someone to not feel nervous?
    reassure, reassuring, reassurance, reassuringly,