nervousness

English Thesaurus

1. a sensitive or highly strung temperament (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	disposition, temperament,
definition	:	your usual mood (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	queasiness, restlessness, uneasiness,
definition	:	inability to rest or relax or be still (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	restiveness, skittishness,
definition	:	characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright (noun.attribute)

2. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	anxiety,
definition	:	a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune (noun.feeling)

3. an uneasy psychological state (noun.state)

hypernym	:	mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state,
definition	:	(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic (noun.state)

hyponym	:	heebie-jeebies, jitters, screaming meemies,
definition	:	extreme nervousness (noun.state)

hyponym	:	mental strain, nervous strain, strain,
definition	:	(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress (noun.state)

4. a sensitive or highly strung temperament (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flighty, nervous, skittish, spooky,
definition	:	unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) (adj.all)

derivation	:	nervous,
definition	:	easily agitated (adj.all)

5. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	aflutter, nervous,
definition	:	excited in anticipation (adj.all)

derivation	:	edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight,
definition	:	being in a tense state (adj.all)

derivation	:	anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet, anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet,
definition	:	causing or fraught with or showing anxiety (adj.all)

6. a sensitive or highly strung temperament (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flighty, nervous, skittish, spooky,
definition	:	unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) (adj.all)

derivation	:	nervous,
definition	:	easily agitated (adj.all)

7. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	aflutter, nervous,
definition	:	excited in anticipation (adj.all)

derivation	:	edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight,
definition	:	being in a tense state (adj.all)

derivation	:	anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet, anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet,
definition	:	causing or fraught with or showing anxiety (adj.all)