Nervous: alternatives and connections

Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

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Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

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of Excite

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of Excite

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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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of Trouble

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of Trouble

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One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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State or quality of being nervous.

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State or quality of being nervous.

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In a flutter; agitated.

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Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied t…

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Fleeting; swift; transient.

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relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed…

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Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.

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Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.

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Not easy; difficult.

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To disquiet.

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