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nervous |
Grep of noun nervous autonomic nervous system central nervous system nervous breakdown nervous disorder nervous exhaustion nervous prostration nervous strain nervous system nervous tissue nervousness parasympathetic nervous system peripheral nervous system sympathetic nervous system Overview of adj nervous The adj nervous has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) nervous -- (easily agitated; "quick nervous movements") 2. (3) anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet -- (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind") 3. nervous, neural -- (of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder") 4. aflutter, nervous -- (excited in anticipation) 5. skittish, spooky, nervous -- (unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)) Antonyms of adj nervous 4 of 5 senses of nervous Sense 1 nervous INDIRECT (VIA tense) -> relaxed, at ease Sense 2 anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet INDIRECT (VIA troubled) -> untroubled Sense 4 aflutter, nervous INDIRECT (VIA excited) -> unexcited Sense 5 skittish, spooky, nervous INDIRECT (VIA excitable) -> unexcitable Similarity of adj nervous 5 senses of nervous Sense 1 nervous => tense (vs. relaxed) Sense 2 anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet => troubled (vs. untroubled) Sense 3 nervous, neural Pertains to noun nervous system (Sense 1) =>nervous system, systema nervosum => system Sense 4 aflutter, nervous => excited (vs. unexcited) Sense 5 skittish, spooky, nervous => excitable (vs. unexcitable) Attributes of adj nervous Familiarity of adj nervous nervous used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj nervous nervous Overview of adj nervous The adj nervous has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) nervous -- (easily agitated; "quick nervous movements") 2. (3) anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet -- (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind") 3. nervous, neural -- (of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder") 4. aflutter, nervous -- (excited in anticipation) 5. skittish, spooky, nervous -- (unpredictably excitable (especially of horses))
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