nervous

• "a nervous addict"
• "a nervous thoroughbred"

• "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
• "cast anxious glances behind her"
• "those nervous moments before takeoff"
• "an unquiet mind"

Synonyms

• anxiouseagerly desirous; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
• queasycausing or able to cause nausea; feeling nausea; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
• uneasylacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; socially uncomfortable; relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
• unquietcharacterized by unrest or disorder; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• "nervous disease"
• "neural disorder"

Synonyms

• neuralof or relating to the nervous system; of or relating to neurons

Synonyms

• aflutterexcited in anticipation

Synonyms

• skittishunpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
• flightyguided by whim and fancy; unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
• spookyunpredictably excitable (especially of horses)