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nervish

nervish adjective: nervous; anxious.

Adjective

nervish (comparative more nervish, superlative most nervish)

  1. nervous; anxious

Forms of nervish

comparativemore nervish
superlativemost nervish

Origin of nervish

From nerve + -ish.

Questions about nervish

What does nervish mean?
Nervish means nervous; anxious.
What part of speech is nervish?
Nervish is an adjective.

Words near nervish in the dictionary

  1. nerviness
  2. nerving
  3. nerving out
  4. nerving up
  5. nervings
  6. nervish
  7. nervited
  8. nervo-
  9. nervo-bilious
  10. nervomuscular
  11. nervon

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