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nervousness

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As a noun, nervousness means the state or quality of being nervous.

Meanings of nervousness

4 meanings

noun

  1. The state or quality of being nervous.

  2. The anxious feeling you have when you have the jittersfeeling

    Similar: jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness

  3. An uneasy psychological state

    “he suffered an attack of nerves”

    Similar: nerves

  4. A sensitive or highly strung temperament

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
jitterinessjumpinessrestiveness
noun: an uneasy psychological state
nerves

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