of the nerves; easily afraid, timid
anxious, fearful
Cases of word usage
1) a kind of drug used to stimulate the nervous system (amphetamine)
2) the soft grey matter in the head, center of the nervous system and of thought and emotion (brain)
3) a short, sudden rush (of wind or fall of rain or snow); nervous hurry (flurry)
4) to make a person nervous or confused (fluster)
5) a state of nervous excitement; an interference in sound reproduced from a disc or tape, caused by faulty recording or reproduction (flutter)
6) unnecessary nervous excitement, especially about unimportant things (fuss)
7) a silly, nervous talk (giggle)
8) a disturbance of the nervous system, with outbursts of uncontrollable emotion; uncontrolled excitement, e.g. in a crowd round a pop star (hysteria)
9) a mental illness with anxiety, excited behaviour, abnormal concern etc caused by disorders of the nervous system or by something in the subconscious mind (neurosis)
10) (to cause something) to make a series of short, sharp sounds; to make (a person) nervous and frightened (rattle)