Meanings
plural nervousnesses
- countableuncountableThe state or quality of being nervous.
A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily.
2022 March 11, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2022Synonyms: nervosity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being nervous.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
nounan uneasy psychological state
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَوَتُّر
- تَوَتُّر (tawattur)state or quality of being nervous
Bulgarian нервност
- нервност (nervnost)state or quality of being nervous
Czech nervozita
- nervozitastate or quality of being nervous
Danish nervøsitet
- nervøsitetstate or quality of being nervous
Dutch zenuwachtigheid
- zenuwachtigheidstate or quality of being nervous
Esperanto nervozeco, maltrankvileco
- nervozecostate or quality of being nervous
- maltrankvilecostate or quality of being nervous
Finnish hermostuneisuus
- hermostuneisuusstate or quality of being nervous
French nervosité
- nervositéstate or quality of being nervous
German Nervosität, Unruhe
- Nervositätstate or quality of being nervous
- Unruhestate or quality of being nervous
Hungarian idegesség
- idegességstate or quality of being nervous
Italian nervosismo
- nervosismostate or quality of being nervous
Norwegian Bokmål nervøsitet
- nervøsitetstate or quality of being nervous
Portuguese nervosismo, nervosia
- nervosismostate or quality of being nervous
- nervosiastate or quality of being nervous
Romanian nervozitate
- nervozitatestate or quality of being nervous
Russian не́рвность, нерво́зность
- не́рвность (nérvnostʹ)state or quality of being nervous
- нерво́зность (nervóznostʹ)state or quality of being nervous
Slovak nervozita
- nervozitastate or quality of being nervous
Spanish nerviosidad, nerviosismo
- nerviosidadstate or quality of being nervous
- nerviosismostate or quality of being nervous
- intranquilidadstate or quality of being nervous
Swedish oro, nervositet
- orostate or quality of being nervous
- nervositetstate or quality of being nervous
Turkish gerginlik, heyecan
- gerginlikstate or quality of being nervous
- heyecanstate or quality of being nervous
Ukrainian нерво́зність, нерво́вість
- нерво́зність (nervóznistʹ)state or quality of being nervous
- нерво́вість (nervóvistʹ)state or quality of being nervous
- нервува́ння (nervuvánnja)state or quality of being nervous
Cite this entry
nervousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nervousness
“nervousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nervousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nervousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nervousness.
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