nervousness
nervousness noun: the state or quality of being nervous.
Noun
nervousness (countable and uncountable, plural nervousnesses)
- The state or quality of being nervous.
- A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily.2022 March 11, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2022
- Synonyms:
- nervosity
nervousness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
nervousness in Hindi
- nervousness, restlessness
- बेचैनियत becainiyat
nervousness in Tamil
- பதற்றம், அமைதி குலைவு, நரம்புத்தளர்ச்சி
nervousness in Urdu
- nervousness
- چنتا cintā
nervousness in Malayalam
- anxiety, edginess, tension
- നാഡീക്ഷോഭം, ഞരമ്പുതളർച്ച, മാനസികമായ അസ്വസ്ഥത, ധെെര്യമില്ലായ്മ, ഉൽക്കണ്ഠ, ആകുലത
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- nervousness in Arabic
- تَوَتُّر tawattur
Examples of nervousness in a sentence
- Her tentative steps showed her nervousness as she entered the room.
- He tried to tie his shoelace but was all fingers and thumbs due to his nervousness.
- The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
Synonyms of nervousness
Forms of nervousness
| plural | nervousnesses |
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Origin of nervousness
From nervous + -ness.
Questions about nervousness
- What does nervousness mean?
- Nervousness means the state or quality of being nervous.
- What is nervousness in Hindi?
- Nervousness in Hindi is बेचैनियत (becainiyat). See Nervousness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nervousness?
- Nervousness is a noun.
- What is the plural of nervousness?
- The plural of nervousness is nervousnesses.
Words near nervousness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nervousness (page history and authors); बेचैनियत (Hindi) (page history and authors); nervousness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چنتا (Urdu) (page history and authors); nervousness (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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