1. (

• nervous

) easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred" ;

2. (

• anxious ,
• nervous ,
• queasy ,
• uneasy ,
• unquiet

) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" ;

3. (

• nervous ,
• neural ,

) of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder" ;

4. (

• aflutter ,
• nervous

) excited in anticipation ;

5. (

• skittish ,
• flighty ,
• spooky ,
• nervous

) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) ;