Nervy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Arrogantly impudent; brazen.
  • adj. Showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold.
  • adj. Chiefly British Jumpy; nervous.
  • adj. Archaic Full of muscular force; sinewy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having nerve; bold; brazen.
  • adj. Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
  • adj. Strong; sinewy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Strong; sinewy.
  • adj. Offensively bold or presumptuous; insolent; cheeky; pushy.
  • adj. Exhibiting courage or daring; bold; plucky.
  • adj. Nervous{6}; apprehensive; edgy{1}.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Vigorous; sinewy; strong, as if well-nerved or full of nervous force.
  • Courageous; having or exhibiting fortitude or nerve.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. being in a tense state
  • adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger
  • adj. offensively bold
  • Equivalent
    tense    bold    forward   
    Variant
    nerviest    nervier   
    Form
    nerviness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    strong    sinewy    insolent    cheeky    pushy    bold    plucky    nervous{6}    apprehensive    edgy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    curvy    topsy-turvy    turvy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts