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"
(Ticaret) A planning system such as MRP that generates high message volume and continual changes to recommended order dates and quantities due to an excessive level of MPS, engineering or database changes
Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever
Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer
A nervous person is very tense and easily upset. She was apparently a very nervous woman, and that affected her career
A nervous illness or condition is one that affects your emotions and your mental state. The number of nervous disorders was rising in the region He developed nervous problems after people began repeatedly correcting him
If someone is nervous, they are frightened or worried about something that is happening or might happen, and show this in their behaviour. The party has become deeply nervous about its prospects of winning the next election She described Mr Hutchinson as nervous and jumpy after his wife's disappearance. = anxious + nervously nerv·ous·ly Brunhilde stood up nervously as the men came into the room + nervousness nerv·ous·ness I smiled warmly so he wouldn't see my nervousness
easily agitated; "quick nervous movements" of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder