nervy
pronunciation
How to pronounce nervy in British English:
UK [ˈnɜ:vi]
How to pronounce nervy in American English:
US [ˈnɜrvi]
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- Adjective:
- being in a tense state
- showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger
- offensively bold
Word Origin
- nervy (adj.)
- "full of courage," 1870, from nerve + -y (2). Sense of "excitable" is from 1891.
Example
- 1. I 'm always nervy before an exam .
- 2. Banks depend on nervy depositors and wholesale lenders .
- 3. She never recovered from it , and she was very nervy afterwards .
- 4. It 's a nervy tactic but not an unworkable one .
- 5. " But why is it doctor that I am always so nervy , tense and ready to jump on anybody . "