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Nerves

noun

An uneasy psychological state. Synonym: nervousness.

Control of your emotions.

Nerve

noun

Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. Synonym: nervus.

The courage to carry on. Synonyms: heart, mettle, spunk. "You haven't got the heart for baseball"

Impudent aggressiveness. Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, face. "He had the effrontery to question my honesty"

verb

(past & past part. nerved; pres. part. nerving)

Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant. Synonym: steel.

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"Nerves" Quotes from Famous Books

... would. English countrywomen have pretty strong nerves. You ought to know that. But why did you leave the room if you expected the owner of the trinket to return in search ...

— The Hand in the Dark • Arthur J. Rees

... of the meeting was already tainted with the Terror. Nerves were on edge. Every time any newcomer would enter the door the audience would look over their shoulders with apprehensive glances. At the conclusion of the meeting the loggers gathered around the secretary and asked him the latest news about the contemplated raid. For reply Britt ...

— The Centralia Conspiracy • Ralph Chaplin

... Still swollen, it was of a clear brown, in which you could see the browner trouts darting to and fro with such a slippery gliding, that the motion seemed the result of will, without any such intermediate and complicate arrangement as brain and nerves and muscles. The water-beetles went spinning about over the surface; and one glorious dragon-fly made a mist about him with his long wings. And over all, the sun hung in the sky, pouring down life; shining on the roots of the willows at the bottom of the stream; lighting up ...

— Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • George MacDonald

... thing to do," he said, with renewed animation, "is to find a sanitarium where you will get a complete rest for a while, and allow your nerves to get into a better condition. I myself will go with you and select a ...

— Sixes and Sevens • O. Henry

... put up with lots o' things, but Church P'rade's the very limit. Don't you take me for a 'eathen, sir; I'm much more of a believer than 'eaps of others. I don't mind singin' 'ymns, an' when the preacher can talk a bit, I don't objeck to sermons. But what used to get on my nerves was the cleanin' up Sunday mornin's. You've only seen us in khaki; you don't know our peace-time church togs. Some blasted togs they were too, an' no mistake—all glitterin' with blinkin' red an' gold, an' covered with white beltin'. An' the inspection before you start ...

— General Bramble • Andre Maurois

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