nervous
/ˈnɝvəs/ adjective A2- Supplied with nerves; innervated.
- Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system.
- Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge. · Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.
- Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
From the library
First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; “for it might end, you know,” said Alice to herself, “in my going out altogether, like a candle.
Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among them Alice recognised the White Rabbit: it was talking in a hurried nervous manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without noticing her.
She was a little nervous about it just at first, the two creatures got so close to her, one on each side, and opened their eyes and mouths so _very_ wide, but she gained courage as she went on.
“Give your evidence,” said the King; “and don’t be nervous, or I’ll have you executed on the spot.”
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