nerveless
/ˈnɜː(ɹ)vləs/
nerveless adjective: lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.
Adjective
nerveless (comparative more nerveless, superlative most nerveless)
- Lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.
- Lacking a nervous system.
- Devoid of nerves: calm, controlled, cool under pressure.
- Little Sea and Desire, blessed, nerveless savages, were sound asleep.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 120
- There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was.2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian
nerveless meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
nerveless in Tamil
- வலிமையற்ற, நரம்பில்லாத
nerveless in Urdu
- بےاعصاب, بےحس, کمزور, نحیف, پرسکون
nerveless in Bengali
- সাহসহীন, ভীতু, কাপুরুষোচিত, স্নায়ুতন্ত্রহীন, সংযত, চাপের মুখেও অবিচল
nerveless in Malayalam
- inert, lifeless, weak
- മനോബലമില്ലാത്ത, ചുണയില്ലാത്ത, ധെെര്യമില്ലാത്ത, ദുർബ്ബലമായ, ബലഹീനമായ, നിർവീര്യമായ
- confident, self-confident, self-assured
- ഭയമില്ലാത്ത, ആത്മധെെര്യമുള്ള, വിശ്വാസമുള്ള, ആത്മവിശ്വാസമുള്ള, അക്ഷോഭ, അക്ഷോഭ്യ
Forms of nerveless
| comparative | more nerveless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nerveless |
Origin of nerveless
From nerve + -less.
Words formed from nerveless
Questions about nerveless
- What does nerveless mean?
- Nerveless means lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.
- What is nerveless in Tamil?
- Nerveless in Tamil is வலிமையற்ற, நரம்பில்லாத. See Nerveless meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nerveless?
- Nerveless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nerveless?
- Nerveless is pronounced /ˈnɜː(ɹ)vləs/.
Words near nerveless in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nerveless (page history and authors); nerveless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nerveless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nerveless (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nerveless (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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