nervous
111nervous Nellie — n. any nervous person, male or female. □ Sue is such a nervous Nellie. She should calm down. □ Relax! Don’t be such a nervous Nellie …
112nervous exhaustion — noun an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work • Syn: ↑nervous prostration • Hypernyms: ↑nervous breakdown * * * extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia. Also called nervous… …
113nervous prostration — noun an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work • Syn: ↑nervous exhaustion • Hypernyms: ↑nervous breakdown * * * noun see nervous breakdown …
114Nervous deafness — Deafness Deaf ness, n. 1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing. [1913 Webster] 2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is… …
115nervous fluid — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… …
116nervous principle — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… …
117nervous Nellie — or nervous Nelly noun (plural nervous Nellies) Usage: often capitalized 1st N Etymology: from the name Nellie Date: 1926 a timid or worrisome person …
118nervous-Nellie — adjective Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality. Woody Allen plays his most frazzled variation on the Woody we know best: a nervous Nellie urban neurotic kvetching his way through life as a means of avoiding it.… …
119nervous as a cat — adjective Very nervous. , Shes as nervous as a cat …
120nervous disorder — Synonyms and related words: MS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain disease, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chorea, crack up, emotional disorder, emotional instability, epilepsy, falling sickness, functional nervous disorder, glossopharyngeal… …
