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ultranervous

ultranervous adjective: extremely nervous (on edge; anxious).

Adjective

ultranervous (comparative more ultranervous, superlative most ultranervous)

  1. Extremely nervous (on edge; anxious).
    • This may not seem like much of a problem, but it is completely destroying all oral projects i do and it makes everyone in my class think i'm an ultranervous person who will cry if they talk to me (i'm not abnormally nervous or withdrawn except for when it comes to reports.)1999 February 9, Jessica, “oral reports and stuff”, in alt.school.homework-help (Usenet)
    • That is one procedure I am not ultranervous about.2006 May 5, Jean B., “Re: I have a date.....”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends (Usenet)

Forms of ultranervous

comparativemore ultranervous
superlativemost ultranervous
alternative formultra-nervous

Origin of ultranervous

From ultra- + nervous.

Questions about ultranervous

What does ultranervous mean?
Ultranervous means extremely nervous (on edge; anxious).
What part of speech is ultranervous?
Ultranervous is an adjective.

Words near ultranervous in the dictionary

  1. ultranationalistic
  2. ultranationalistically
  3. ultranationalists
  4. ultranatural
  5. ultranerdy
  6. ultranervous
  7. ultranice
  8. ultraniche
  9. ultraobscure
  10. ultraofficious
  11. ultraoligotrophic

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