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The synonyms of “Nervousness” are: nerves, jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness, worry, concern, apprehension, apprehensiveness, consternation, uneasiness, unease, fearfulness, fear, disquiet, disquietude, perturbation, fretfulness, agitation, angst, edginess, tension, tenseness, stress, misgiving, trepidation, foreboding, suspense
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nervousness” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| agitation | A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. Widespread agitation for social reform. |
| angst | A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general. The existential angst of the middle classes. |
| apprehension | Understanding; grasp. The student looked around the examination room with apprehension. |
| apprehensiveness | Fearful expectation or anticipation. |
| concern | An anxious feeling. Housing is the concern of the Housing Executive. |
| consternation | A feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected. To her consternation her car wouldn t start. |
| disquiet | The trait of seeming ill at ease. Public disquiet about animal testing. |
| disquietude | Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable. Such passages reflect a sense of disquietude of alienation even. |
| edginess | Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable. |
| fear | An unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm. He is prey to irrational fears. |
| fearfulness | The trait of being afraid. |
| foreboding | A feeling of evil to come. With a sense of foreboding she read the note. |
| fretfulness | An irritable petulant feeling. |
| jitteriness | The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. |
| jumpiness | The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. |
| misgiving | Doubt about someone’s honesty. I felt a sense of misgiving at the prospect of retirement. |
| nerves | Control of your emotions. This kind of tension is not good for my nerves. |
| perturbation | Anxiety; mental uneasiness. These shifts and swings in wildlife populations are possibly related to climatic perturbations. |
| restiveness | The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. |
| stress | The degree of stress measured in units of force per unit area. She endured the stresses and strains of life. |
| suspense | A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. The play kept the audience in suspense. |
| tenseness | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. He could feel the tenseness of her body. |
| tension | The state of having the muscles stretched tight, especially as causing strain or discomfort. The basic tension between freedom and control. |
| trepidation | A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen. The men set off in fear and trepidation. |
| unease | The trait of seeming ill at ease. Public unease about defence policy. |
| uneasiness | The trait of seeming ill at ease. I sensed the uneasiness of people around me. |
| worry | The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems. It is not work but worry that kills. |
| apprehensive | Quick to understand- Nathaniel Hawthorne. He felt apprehensive about going home. |
| defuse | Remove the triggering device from. A scheme that teaches officers how to defuse potentially explosive situations. |
| dejection | A sad and depressed state; low spirits. He was slumped in deep dejection. |
| excitability | Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part. |
| flighty | Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses. Her mother was a flighty Southern belle. |
| fraught | (of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable. Words fraught with meaning. |
| fretful | Habitually complaining. A constant fretful stamping of hooves. |
| harried | Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. Harried detectives answer ringing phones. |
| impatience | The tendency to be impatient; irritability or restlessness. She crumpled up the pages in a burst of impatience. |
| insecurity | The state of being subject to danger or injury. She had a deep sense of insecurity. |
| irritability | Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part. Symptoms include insomnia and irritability. |
| nervously | With nervous excitement. I was blushing and smiling nervously. |
| nervy | Bold or impudent. The nervy feats of mountaineers. |
| paralyze | Cause to be paralyzed and immobile. The poison paralyzed him. |
| peevish | Having or showing an irritable disposition. A thin peevish voice. |
| petulance | An irritable petulant feeling. A slight degree of petulance had crept into his voice. |
| preoccupied | Deeply absorbed in thought. A preoccupied frown. |
| querulous | Habitually complaining. She became querulous and demanding. |
| restlessly | In a restless manner. |
| skittish | Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses. A skittish chestnut mare. |
| solicitous | Showing hovering attentiveness. Solicitous parents. |
| strained | Of a mainly liquid substance having been strained to separate out any solid matter. A constrained smile. |
| stressed | Strengthened by the application of stress during manufacture prestressed. An iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in delay. |
| temper | Make more temperate acceptable or suitable by adding something else moderate. Drew had walked out in a temper. |
| tense | Become tense typically through anxiety or nervousness. He was tense with excitement. |
| troubled | Showing distress or anxiety. A troubled expression. |
| uneasy | Relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort. Farmers were uneasy until rain finally came. |
| uptight | Being in a tense state. He is so uptight about everything. |
| volatility | Being easily excited. The volatility of the market drove many investors away. |
| worried | Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc. Not used to a city and worried about small things. |
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