nervous.
Of sinews and tendons.
Meaning & usage
Of sinews and tendons. Full of sinews.
Of sinews and tendons. Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular.
Of sinews and tendons. Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful.
Of nerves. Supplied with nerves; innervated.
Of nerves. Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system.
Of nerves. Nervose.
Of nerves. Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous.
Of nerves. Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nervous (“composed of or incorporating nerves”), from Latin nervōsus (“nervous; sinewy; energetic, vigorous”), from nervus (“nerve; muscle; sinew, tendon; (figuratively) energy, power; nerve; force, strength, vigour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is analysable as nerve + -ous.
Try it on your idea.
nervous has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.