nerves

Noun

Meaning

control of your emotions

an uneasy psychological state

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

jimmies anxiety bore temper neuron agitation perturbation consternation apprehension neuropathy nervousness dendrite axon suspense unease
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Antonyms

reassurance self-possession self-assurance presence of mind imperturbability

Hypernyms

self-control possession self-possession self-command self-will willpower

Hyponyms

strain heebie-jeebies jitters mental strain nervous strain screaming meemies

Phrases with the word

bundle of nerves median nerves get on someone's nerves common peroneal nerves pudendal nerves radial nerves

Anagrams

Nevers Severn

Examples

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. Alan Watts

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. E. E. Cummings

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays. Oscar Wilde

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do. Walter Bagehot

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent. Virginia Woolf

Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean we have to be larger than life. Worse, I've seen actors acting off the sets too. Preity Zinta

Close letter words and terms

nerverack nerveracked nerveroot nerves of steel nerves of the eye nerveway