Nervous

Definitions: Nervous

Nervous

Adjective

1. Easily agitated; "quick nervous movements".

2. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind".

3. Of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder".

4. Excited in anticipation.

5. Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nervous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Nervous \Nerv"ous\, adjective. [Latin expression nervosus sinewy, vigorous: compare to the French expression nerveux. See Nerve.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Nervous

Fear

Afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt.

Modesty

Adjective: modest, diffident; humble; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest.

Vigor

Adjective: vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive; sensational.

Weakness

Adjective: weak, feeble, debile; impotent; relaxed, unnerved; Verb: sapless, strengthless, powerless; weakly, unstrung, flaccid, adynamic, asthenic; nervous.

Crosswords: Nervous

I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

You made the fat kid a little nervous. He thinks the joint messed with your mind. (American History X; writing credit: David McKenna)

I'm so nervous. What if I forget the words? (Sister Act; writing credit: Joseph Howard)

Just don't make me nervous. (Outbreak; writing credit: Laurence Dworet; Robert Roy Pool)

I can't help it! I have a nervous stomach! (Stuart Little; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

You'd act so nervous, ("Something to Talk About"; performing artist: Bonnie Raitt)

I'm a nervous world that your mine mine mine mine-ine ("Great Balls of Fire"; performing artist: Jerry Lee Lewis)

What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A nervous wreck. (references; author: unknown)

Drugs and the Nervous System (1972)

Nervous Shakedown (1947)

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)

Don't Get Nervous (1929)

The Nervous Wreck (1926)

19th Nervous Breakdown (performing artist: The Rolling Stones)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Benzodiazepine Receptor : Drug Acceptor Only or a Physiologically Relevant Part of our Central Nervous System? (reference)

• The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (reference)

• The Role of Adenosine in the Nervous System (reference)

• Adverse Mechanical Tension in the Central Nervous System: An Analysis of Cause and Effect: Relief by Functional Neurosurgery (reference)

• Axonal Regeneration in the Central Nervous System (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease (reference)

• Journal Of The Peripheral Nervous System (reference)

• Pain And Central Nervous System Week (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Nervous Ticks (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Rasmussen: Italian Concerto/Inner Voices/The Nervous Saurian/Pale Landscape (reference)

• Nervous on the Road/New Favorites (reference)

• Precious Time/Get Nervous [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is a microscopic view of ganglioneuroblastoma, which is a growth on ganglia in the nervous system. Magnified X25. (S91-2171).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

This is a photomicrograph of Brucella melitensis, the cause of Brucellosis. Symptoms are similar to flu and may also include severe infections of the central nervous systems, and the lining of the heart, or endocardium.Credit: CDC.

Salmonella septicemia has been associated with subsequent infection of virtually every organ system, and the nervous system is no exception. Here we see an acute inflammatory encephalitis due to S. typhi bacteria.Credit: CDC.

[A child with kuru, a fatal nervous system disorder] / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Children with kuru, a fatal nervous system disorder] / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A nervous wreck.Credit: Library of Congress.

Native to nervous motorist: Oh! I'd take a chanst on it : tell yer whot, I'll stan' right here till ye git safe down.Credit: Library of Congress.

The juggler must be getting nervous.Credit: Library of Congress.

Wonder what makes the old girl so nervous.Credit: Library of Congress.

Nervous interval --.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Her father was growing nervous, and could not understand her.

Everybody seemed satisfied with this, though Alice felt a little nervous at the idea of trains jumping at all.

For he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous.

He was tall, dark, and laconic and had a slight nervous tick.

He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament.

It is her time of life, and then the nervous system has something to do with it.

He walked on before them with short nervous steps, smiling.

The Western States are nervous under the beginning change.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The nervous system helps direct body movements. (references)

As the child gets older, the nervous system develops. (references)

The young patient may become nervous, anxious, and unruly. (references)

Business

Approximately 265,000 deaths were registered in 1997. The primary causes of mortality include heart and coronary diseases (28.6 percent); malignant tumors (19.2 percent); cerebrovascular diseases (8.5 percent); accidents (3.6 percent); blood disorders (4.1 percent); pneumonia and influenza (3.4 percent); nervous system disorders (2.0 percent); infections (1.8 percent); and other causes (28.9 percent). (references)

Economic History

Israel

U.S. beef is licensed for bone-in sales but products from the central nervous system are banned. (references)

Ireland

The four leading therapy areas are cardiovascular system - 21 per cent, central nervous system - 18 per cent, alimentary/metabolism - 18 per cent and respiratory -11 per cent. (references)

Japan

Japan's aging population is generating increased demand for pharmaceutical treatments for problems of cardiovascular, central nervous system, digestive system, diabetes mellitus, etc. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

Czechs are more reserved than Americans, and will be nervous about a typical American "let's get down to business" approach. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "nervous": Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System ♦ autonomic nervous system ♦ Autonomic Nervous System Diseases ♦ be nervous ♦ central nervous system ♦ Central Nervous System Agents ♦ Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Cysts ♦ Central Nervous System Depressants ♦ Central Nervous System Diseases ♦ Central Nervous System Fungal Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Helminthiasis ♦ Central Nervous System Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Neoplasms ♦ Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Stimulants ♦ Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations ♦ Central Nervous System Venous Angioma ♦ Central Nervous System Viral Diseases ♦ Enteric Nervous System ♦ feel nervous ♦ get nervous ♦ Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases ♦ make nervous ♦ making nervous ♦ nervous and frightened ♦ nervous asthenopia ♦ nervous breakdown ♦ nervous deafness ♦ nervous debility ♦ nervous disorder ♦ nervous energy ♦ nervous exhaustion ♦ nervous fever ♦ nervous fluid ♦ nervous nellie ♦ nervous principle ♦ nervous prostration ♦ nervous strain ♦ nervous system ♦ Nervous System Diseases ♦ Nervous System Malformations ♦ Nervous System Neoplasms ♦ Nervous System Physiology ♦ nervous temperament ♦ nervous tension ♦ nervous tissue ♦ nervous wreck ♦ Parasympathetic Nervous System ♦ peripheral nervous system ♦ Peripheral Nervous System Agents ♦ Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ♦ Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms ♦ primary central nervous system lymphoma ♦ Sympathetic Nervous System ♦ the nervous system. Additional references.

Beginning with "nervous": nervous-looking, nervous-making, nervous-system, nervous-systems.

Ending with "nervous": already-nervous, ever-nervous, excited-nervous, mid-nervous, non-nervous.

Albanian

nevrik (choleric, cranky, edgy, high strung, highly strung, hot tempered, irate, quick tempered, short tempered, vixenish), nervoz (edgy, excitable, fidgety, irritable, jittery, neural, restless), nervor (neural), me nervozizëm, i nervozuar (wrought up), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهتاج (agitated, boiling, edgy, emotional, excited, irritable, raving, upset, wrought up), ‏منفعل (agitated, bad tempered, deeply stirred, edgy, emotional, excited, influenced, irritable, on edge, on fire, palatal, passive, upset, wrought up), ‏متململ (fidgety), ‏متوتر (edgy, high strung, in a state, on tenterhooks, strained, taut, tense), ‏قلق (agitated, anxiety, anxious, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensiveness, bother, concern, concerned, crankous, cranky, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fearful, fidget, fidgety, freakish, fretful, ill at ease, inquietude, perturbation, perturbed, restless, restlessness, solicitous, solicitude, stew, streaked, suspense, sweat, toss, troubled, troublous, uneasiness, uneasy, unquiet, unrest, upset, worried, worry), ‏عصبي المزاج (highly strung), ‏عصبي (apprehensive, edgy, fidgety, fretful, jitterbug, jumpy, nervy, neural, neuralgic, on edge, pithy, restless, spooky, testy, up the wall, uptight). (various references)

Bulgarian 

със слаби нерви, силен (acute, athletic, beefy, emphatic, energetic, flush, forceful, forcible, foul-mouthed, full, generous, hard, heavy, high, intense, invulnerable, iron, loud, lusty, main, male, mighty, muscled, muscular, nappy, nervy, perishing, pithy, potent, powerful, rattling, robust, short, shrewd, smacking, smart, sounding, stark, stiff, strong, sturdy, swingeing, telling, tenacious, thumping, thundering, torrid, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous), раздразнителен (bad tempered, chippy, choleric, edgy, excitable, explosive, fretful, gingery, ill, ill tempered, ill-conditioned, irascible, irritable, liverish, livery, nervy, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, raspy, ratty, snappish, stroppy, techy, tetchy, touchy, vinegary), неспокоен (anxious, apprehensive, broken, nervy, raucous, restive, restless, sleepless, spooky, uneasy, unrestful, unsound, worried, yeasty), нервозен (fractious), нервен (edgy, fidgety, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neural, neurotic, on edge, ratty, restless, snuffy, spooky, windy), загрижен (anxious, fraught, mindful, solicitous, worried), здрав (blooming, durable, entire, fast, fit, flourishing, flush, good, hard, healthful, healthy, hearty, hefty, invulnerable, lasting, laudable, lusty, nervy, reliable, right, robust, rubbery, rude, rugged, safe, salubrious, seaworthy, secure, serviceable, sinewy, sleek, sober, sound, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure footed, taintless, tenacious, thickset, uncorrupted, up to the mark, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, without scathe), жив (above ground, active, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), жилест (gristly, knotty, lean, ropy, sinewy, venose, venous), енергичен (active, arduous, brisk, demon, driving, energetic, enterprising, firm, go-go, hearty, keen, live, pithy, pushing, red blooded, robust, sharp, smart, snappy, spanking, spicy, spirited, spunky, strong-minded, up and coming, vigorous, vital, youthful, zappy, zippy), изразителен (emphatic, expressive, meaningful, pungent, speaking, talking, telling, terse). (various references)

Chinese 

緊張 (critical, intense, strained, tense, tension), 緊 (line, strict, string, thread, tight, wire), 神�"過敏 (jumpy, oversensitive), 紧� (jittering, jittery, nerve-racking, stressful, tension, uptight), 慌 , 伈 (fearful), 忑 , 忐 . (various references)

Czech

nervový (neural), nervózní (fussy, high strung, highly strung, ill tempered, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, on edge, overstrung, overwrought, tense, unsettled, uptight), svalnatý (beefy, brawny, muscular, sinewy, stringy), hutný (compact, concise, solid, terse), bojácný (chicken hearted, cowardly, fearful, pusillanimous, timid, weak-kneed). (various references)

Danish

nervøs (agitated). (various references)

Dutch

nerveus (agitated), zenuwachtig (agitated), zenuw- (agitated). (various references)

Esperanto

nervoza, nerva. (various references)

Faeroese

nervaveikur (agitated), fjálturstungin (agitated). (various references)

Farsi 

متشنج , عصبی مربوطبه اعصاب , عصبانی (Huffy, Mad, Maniac, Nervy, Pelting, Waxy), دستپاچه (Panicky). (various references)

Finnish

hermostunut (irritable), hermostollinen (neurological). (various references)

French

nerveux. (various references)

Frisian

senuweftich (agitated). (various references)

German

nervös (agitated, edgy, fussed, high strung, jittery, jumpily, jumpy, nervously, nervy, on edge, tense, tensely, uptight). (various references)

Greek 

νευρώδησ (pithy, sinewy, tendinous, wiry), νευρικόσ (edgy, fidgety, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neural, petulant, self conscious), νευριασμένοσ (fretful, nervy, nervy cross), νευροπαθήσ (neurotic), εκνευρισμένοσ (nervy, unstrung), ευέξαπτοσ (combustible, fretful, irascible, short tempered, temperamental, tinder box), ταραγμένοσ (abashed, agitated, confused). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעוצבן (jittery, nerve racked), עצבי (neural), עצב� י (edgy, fidgety, fretful, in a stew, irritable, jerky, jumpy, liverish, peevish, short, snappish, testy, uptight). (various references)

Hungarian

ingerlékeny (be irritated, bilious, excitable, fractious, fretful, grumpy, highly strung, hot tempered, hot-tempered, ill tempered, inflammable, irascible, irritable, like a bear with a sore head, nettlesome, neurotic, peevish, peppery, perverse, petulant, prickly, techy, testy, tetchy), ideges (edgy, fazed, fidgety, flustered, have butterflies in one's stomach, have cold feet, have the needles, het up, high strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, migraine, nervy, neurotic, restive, restless, skittish, stroppy, to be in a tantrum, to be on edge, to feel nervous, to feel rum, to jitter, uptight, vexed), félénk (bashful, be shy, be timid, chicken hearted, chicken-hearted, coy, cringing, diffident, faint, faint-hearted, farouche, fearful, fearsome, poor spirited, self-conscious, shamefaced, sheepfaced, sheepish, shy, timid, timorous, tremulous). (various references)

Indonesian

terengah (excited, grasping for breath), senewen (have a nervous fit), kebat-kebit (agitated), gugup (groggy, jittery, panicky), gamang (afraid). (various references)

Italian

nervoso (edgy, incisive, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervy, sinewy, tense, touchy, worked up). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

おみ籤 (all shook up, chubby person, clog, congratulations, dressing up, flustered, in a dither, lounging about, my goodness!, my!, not to mention, oh!, oh?, sexual intercourse, vagina, written oracle), ドレス店 (a patient's call button in a hospital, Don, Don Juan, donkey, don't mind, don't-know group, draw, draw ball, drawer, drawing, drawn game, drawnwork, dress store, dresser, dressing, dressing paper, dressing room, dressmaker, dressy, drone, drop, drop goal, drop handle, drop-kick, dropout, dungarees, dwarf, game under lights, knife, knife ridge, knight, naive, Niagara, nice, nice guy, nice middle, nice shot, Nigeria, night, night cream, night game, night hospital, night latch, night show, night spot, night table, nightcap, nightclub, nightdress, nightgown, nightingale, nightmare, nightwear, Nike Hercules, Nile, Nile green, nurse, nurse bank, nurse call, nurse station, nursery, nursery tale, nylon latch, sunday, the firing of guns), 気後れ (timid), それ迄 (all together, careless, en masse, extortion, feel chilly, fidgety, in a body, in groups, in succession, like that, restless, rude, shiver, shudder, slovenly, sponging, such, that sort of, That's it, That's the end of the matter, thrill, uneasy, Until then). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おろおろ (all shook up, flustered, in a dither), ナーバス , きおくれ (timid), そわそわ (fidgety, restless, uneasy). (various references)

Korean 

� 경 (nerve, nerves, Neural, neuron, Neurotic). (various references)

Manx

nearagagh, imneagh (anxious, concerned, scrupulous, uneasy, worried), fehagagh, faitchagh (chicken-hearted, sheepish), er craa. (various references)

Norwegian

nervøs (agitated, excitable, fraught, jittery, jumpy). (various references)

Papiamen

nervioso (agitated). (various references)

Pig Latin

ervousnay

Polish

zdenerwowany (agitated). (various references)

Portuguese

nervoso (agitated, ajar, bustling, fiducial, fussy, hysterical, jumpy, nervy, on edge, restive, skittish, tremulant, tremulous, uptight). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

nervoso. (various references)

Romanian

neurastenic, nervos (fidgety, fussy, hysterical, ill natured, impatient, impatiently, irritably, irritated, jumpy, nervously, nervy, neurotic, overwrought, sinewy), viguros (bouncing, chopping, emphatic, forceful, forcible, forcibly, full-blooded, green, Hale, Hardy, hearty, hot stuff, humming, intense, lusty, pithy, potent, red blooded, robust, rude, sapful, sinewy, stalwart, stout, stoutly, strapping, strong, strong-limbed, thriving, tough, vigorous, vigorously), puternic (acute, ardent, authoritative, biting, catchy, drastic, exquisite, fierce, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, intensive, leonine, loud, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), privitor la nervi, musculos (beefy, brawny, sinewy), mumschiulos, expresiv (clear, eloquent, expressive, graphic, graphical, graphically, significant, speaking, suggestive), enervant (aggravating, annoying, irksome, irritating, irritatingly, jumpy, nerve racking, vexatious), de nerv, care nu are astâmpãr, agitat (agitated, agog, angry, billowy, choppy, excited, excitedly, fevered, feverish, fractious, fretful, fussy, hectic, irritated, restless, snappish, tempestuous, unsettled). (various references)

Russian 

нервный (edgy, fussy, high-strung, jittery, jumpy, nervious, nervy, neural, neurotic, wrought-up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nervozan (edgy, jittery, jumpy), nervni (neural), uzrujan (agitated, distraught, overwrought, upset), razdražljiv (crabby, grumpy, high strung, highly strung, irritable, jumpy, nervy, short tempered, techy, tetchy, waspish), živčani (neural). (various references)

Spanish

nervioso (edgy, excitable, excited, fidgety, irritable, lively, nervate, nerve, nervy, on edge, responsive, sinewy, uncool, wiry, worked up). (various references)

Swedish

nervös (agitated, fidgety, high strung, highly strung, jumpy, nervy, tense, unstrung, uptight). (various references)

Thai

เกี่ยวกับประสาท, กระวนกระวาย (fidget, gnaw, jitter). (various references)

Turkish

sinirli (apoplectic, apoplectical, bristly, choleric, discomposedly, edgy, high strung, hot-blooded, hot-headed, huffish, huffy, ill-conditioned, in a pet, irate, ireful, irritable, jumpy, liverish, mad, nervy, on edge, out of humor, out of humour, peeved, pissed off, ratty, shirty, short tempered, sinewed, sinewy, spunky, testy, uptight, waxy, wild, wrought up), sinir (fury, nerve, neural, pet, sinew, tantrum, temper), gergin (drawn, high strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, on a knife-edge, on edge, on pins and needles, skittish, spread, stiff, strained, stressfull, stretched, taut, tense, tight, uptight), asabi (choleric, crusty, hot-blooded, hot-headed, irritable, prickly, quick tempered, ratty, short tempered, techy, testy, waspish), asabí (agitated), ürkek (faint, fainthearted, fearful, gun-shy, jumpy, mousy, nervy, scary, shrinking, shy, skittish, timid, timorous, tremulous). (various references)

Ukranian 

із слабкимі нервами, сильний (acute, athletic, bad, bitter, bull, cordial, deep, driving, nervy, penetrating, potent, powerful, punchy, quick, sharp, smart, spanking, strong, swingeing, vehement, vigorous), що ді�" на нерви, виразний (appellative, apt, articulate, audible, bold, clear, concise, eloquent, emphatic, emphatical, expressional, expressive, impressive, legible, meaningful, orotund, pronounced, pure, sharp, speaking, talking), неспокійний (anxious, bothersome, choppy, disquiet, incommodious, obstreperous, old womanish, qualmish, restive, troubled, troublous, tumultuous, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, vexatious, worrisome), нервовий (high strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nerval, nervy, neural, neurotic), нервозний (nervy), мускулястий (athletic, beefy, brawny, nervy, sinewed, sinewy), боязкий (backward, bashful, coward, dastard, dastardly, diffident, eerie, eery, faint-hearted, fearful, heartless, ovine, pavid, poor spirited, shamefaced, sheepish, spiritless, timid, timorous), дужий (beefy, bouncing, hard, hefty, iron, lusty, nervy, pretty, robust, strapping, stubbed). (various references)

Vietnamese 

khúc chiết, hay b�"n ch�"n có dũng khí, có khí lực (nervy), bực dọc; hay hoảng sợ; hay lo lắng. (various references)

Welsh

ofnus (afraid, apprehensive, timid). (various references)

anxiaretur, anxiatus, trepidi, trepidum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "nervous": nervously, nervousness, nervousnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Nervous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jervois, Navroop, Neerhout, neivous, nerous, Nervaux, nerveous, nervious, nervo, nervoes, nervosus, nervours, nervouse, nervoused, nervus, nevous, Nevros, Nevruz, norvous, Servamus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: rouens, unrove, venous.

-2 letters: euros, nevus, nurse, ovens, overs, rouen, roues, rouse, roven, roves, runes, senor, servo, snore, verso.

-3 letters: eons, erns, eros, euro, noes, nose, nous, ones, onus, ores, ours, oven, over, revs, roes, rose, roue, rove, rues, rune, runs, ruse, sone, sore, sorn, sour, suer, sure, urns, user, voes.

-4 letters: ens, eon, ern, ers, nor, nos, nus, oes, one, ons, ore, ors, ose, our, res, rev, roe, rue, run, sen, ser, son, sou, sue, sun, uns, urn, use, voe.

-5 letters: en, er, es, ne, no, nu, oe, on, or, os, re, so, un, us.

+1 letter: overruns, ravenous, runovers, souvenir, uncovers.

+2 letters: cavernous, nervously, overburns, overfunds, overhunts, overswung, overturns, overusing, revulsion, souvenirs, supernova, turnovers, venturous, verminous.

+3 letters: adenovirus, endeavours, involucres, manoeuvres, outserving, overcounts, overinsure, overstrung, ravenously, rendezvous, revulsions, subversion, supernovae, supernovas, unobserved, unresolved, volunteers.

+4 letters: adventurous, cavernously, enterovirus, intravenous, mavourneens, nervousness, overanxious, overburdens, overconsume, overinsured, overinsures, overissuing, overnourish, oversaucing, oversudsing, oversupping, revolutions, subversions, supervision, unobservant, unobtrusive, variousness, venturesome, venturously, vertiginous, voluntaries.

+5 letters: adenoviruses, constructive, countermoves, countervails, counterviews, grievousness, griseofulvin, nonintrusive, nonpurposive, nonuniversal, outmaneuvers, overcautions, overconsumed, overconsumes, overdiscount, overfocusing, overgenerous, overhuntings, overindulges, overinsuring, overissuance, oversanguine, overstuffing, perviousness, previousness, ravenousness, rejuvenators, rendezvoused, rendezvouses, renovascular, revaluations, rhinoviruses, supervention, supervisions, undiscovered, unobservable, unresolvable, unresponsive, vaporousness, vigorousness, virtuousness, volunteerism.

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