noun
- The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.
- synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness
- An uneasy psychological state.
- usage: "he suffered an attack of nerves"
- synonyms: nerves
- A sensitive or highly strung temperament. .
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