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Nervousness

noun

The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. Synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness.

An uneasy psychological state. Synonym: nerves.

A sensitive or highly strung temperament.

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"Nervousness" Quotes from Famous Books

... In less than twenty minutes twenty cowboys were circling slowly out into the desert. For two hours Katherine paced from the living-room to the veranda, from the veranda to the corral. She changed her light evening gown to her khaki riding habit. Her nervousness grew to panic. She sent Li Chung to bed, then she paced ...

— The Heart of the Desert - Kut-Le of the Desert • Honore Willsie Morrow

... rose from table. Elinor felt a touch of nervousness come upon her, as she remarked that Mr. Ellsworth seemed to be watching her movements; while his face had worn rather a pre-occupied expression all the morning, seeming ...

— Elinor Wyllys - Vol. I • Susan Fenimore Cooper

... his wife and his only child, Richard, Jr., lived in the Mitchell mansion, which, save for a new coat of paint, was unchanged. Mostyn himself was considerably altered in appearance. There were deeper lines in his face; he was thinner, more given to nervousness and loss of sleep; his hair was turning gray; he had been told by his doctor that he worried too much and that he must check ...

— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben

... up to its full height by Waddles and the curtain snatched away from the gun which Harris held against Morrow's neck. Carp's apparent nervousness had vanished. He flipped back his vest and ...

— The Settling of the Sage • Hal G. Evarts

... brave man, but under the frightful fire he began to show a nervousness that caught the eye of Foote. Walking up to him, he placed his hand in a kindly manner on his shoulder and spoke encouragingly to him. While he was doing so, the poor fellow was torn into pieces by a shot, and the captain himself was badly wounded in the foot by a flying splinter. Paying no heed ...

— Dewey and Other Naval Commanders • Edward S. Ellis

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