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Noun: nervousness  nur-vus-nus
  1. The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
    - jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness
     
  2. An uneasy psychological state
    "he suffered an attack of nervousness"
    - nerves
     
  3. A sensitive or highly strung temperament

Derived forms: nervousnesses

See also: nervous

Type of: anxiety, disposition, mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state, temperament

Encyclopedia: Nervousness

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