Nervy

Definition: Nervy

Nervy

Adjective

1. Being in a tense state.

2. Showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers".

3. Offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say".

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

Date "nervy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1608. (references)

Note: Nervy \Nerv"y\, adjective. [Comparative Nervier; superlative iest.]. (references)

Synonyms: Nervy

Crosswords: Nervy

Bol'nyye nervy (1929)

The Nervy Dentist (1921)

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

Books

• Nervy v kýblu (reference)

• Samye chuvstvitel§nye nervy : mezhnatsional§nye otnosheniia i internatsional§noe vospitanie : istoriia i sovremennost§ (reference)

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Periodicals

• Nervy Girl (reference)

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

Expression using "nervy": nervy cross. Additional references.

Albanian

kurajoz, i vendosur (decided, decisive, determinate, determined, established, firm, fixed, hell-bent, inveterate, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, situated, stalwart, stiff, stout, strong, unalterable, unfaltering, unhesitating), i pafytyrë (barefaced, impertinent, impudent, insolent, perky, pert), i pacipë (arrogant, audacious, barefaced, brassy, brazen, brazen faced, bumptious, cheeky, contumelious, coxy, immodest, impertinent, impudent, insolent, perky, pert, saucy, shameless, unblushing). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هائج (agitated, bad tempered, berserk, boiled, eruptive, fermentable, mad, phrenic, rambunctious, rampant, rapturous, restive, restless, riotous, rough, rousing, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious), ‏وقح (abrasive, barefaced, blatant, bold, brazen, cool, flippant, hardy, impertinent, impudent, insolent, off hand, overbold, pert, presuming, presumptuous, rascal, rude, sassy, saucy, scamp, shameless, smart), ‏عصبي (apprehensive, edgy, fidgety, fretful, jitterbug, jumpy, nervous, neural, neuralgic, on edge, pithy, restless, spooky, testy, up the wall, uptight). (various references)

Bulgarian 

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, nervous, 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, nervous, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, raspy, ratty, snappish, stroppy, techy, tetchy, touchy, vinegary), неспокоен (anxious, apprehensive, broken, nervous, raucous, restive, restless, sleepless, spooky, uneasy, unrestful, unsound, worried, yeasty), нервен (edgy, fidgety, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neural, neurotic, on edge, ratty, restless, snuffy, spooky, windy), нахален (arrogant, cheeky, contumelious, flip, forward, huffish, impudent, insolent, jumped-up, malapert, obtrusive, offensive, perky, presuming, sassy, saucy, snotty), напрегнат (breathless, exacting, excited, intense, intent, laborious, overstrung, overwrought, strenuous, taut, tense, tight, uncool, uphill), здрав (blooming, durable, entire, fast, fit, flourishing, flush, good, hard, healthful, healthy, hearty, hefty, invulnerable, lasting, laudable, lusty, nervous, 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), жилав (leathery, lithe, resilient, rubbery, sinewy, stringy, tough, wiry), плах (faint, furtive, mousey, pigeon-hearted, pusillanimous, stealthy, timid, tremulous, wan), плашлив (fearful, flighty, shy, skittish, spooky, timid, timorous, wild), дързък (arrogant, assuming, audacious, cheeky, contumelious, cool, daring, defiant, foolhardy, malapert, overbold, reckless, sassy, saucy, venturesome). (various references)

Czech

nervní, nervózní (fussy, high strung, highly strung, ill tempered, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neurotic, on edge, overstrung, overwrought, tense, unsettled, uptight), vznìtlivý (combustible, excitable, fiery, hot tempered, inflammable, quick tempered, stormy), drzý (audacious, barefaced, bold, brash, brazen, bumptious, cheeky, chesty, cool, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, pert, saucy, smart, unbridled). (various references)

Farsi 

پرعصب , پررگ وپی , پررو (Barefaced, Brassy, Cheeky, Fresh, Immodest, Impudent, Pert, Presuming), نیرومند (Frank, Hale, Main, Mighty, Potent, Prolific, Rugged, Stout, Strong, Valiant, Vigorous), عصبانی (Huffy, Mad, Maniac, Nervous, Pelting, Waxy). (various references)

French

audacieux, agité (nervous), énervé. (various references)

German

nervösen. (various references)

Greek 

ξετσίπωτοσ (shameless), νευρικόσ (edgy, fidgety, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neural, petulant, self conscious), νευριασμένοσ (fretful, nervous, nervy cross), εκνευρισμένοσ (nervous, unstrung), θρασύσ (audacious, bold, cheeky, daring, impudent, pert, presumptuous). (various references)

Hebrew 

חצוף (bold, brassy, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, pert, rude), בעל בטחון (faithful). (various references)

Hungarian

izgulékony (combustible, excitable, fluttery, jumpy), vakmerő (adventurous, audacious, daring, foolhardy, reckless), idegkimerítő, 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, nervous, neurotic, restive, restless, skittish, stroppy, to be in a tantrum, to be on edge, to feel nervous, to feel rum, to jitter, uptight, vexed). (various references)

Italian

nervoso (edgy, incisive, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervous, sinewy, tense, touchy, worked up), muscoloso (brawny, muscled, muscular, sinewy), irritante (abrading, aggravating, annoying, grating, irritant, irritating, provoking, shocking, vexatious), forte (aloud, big, brawny, deep, Doughty, fast, fastness, forceful, Fort, forte, hard, hardly, heavy, hefty, high, hot, keen, living, loud, loudly, mighty, nervous, potent, puissant, racy, robust, rugged, severe, short, shrewd, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� 捕 (a bit, be even, bicycle, calculating, capture, cheeky, child pickpocket, efficient, forgive a debt, make a fuss of, making something last, mismatched, pamper, seizure, shrewd, spoil, suffix for familiarperson, tiny, very small, weight-chain-pole weapon). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ちゃっかり (calculating, cheeky, shrewd). (various references)

Manx

dy ve er jeid (to feel nervy). (various references)

Pig Latin

ervynay.(various references)

Portuguese

nervoso (agitated, ajar, bustling, fidgety, fussy, hysterical, jumpy, nervous, on edge, restive, skittish, tremulant, tremulous, uptight), vigoroso (active, alive, bold, bouncing, energetic, flush, hale, hard, healthful, healthy, hefty, lively, lusty, nervous, peppy, pithy, racy, red-blooded, robust, sinewy, smart, strenuous, strong, sturdy, trenchant, venturous, vigorous, virile, vital, vivid, wakeless, youthful, zippy), robusto (able-bodied, cant, hale, hefty, lusty, masculine, randy, robust, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), irritável (bilious, crab, crabbed, crusty, edgy, fretful, irascible, liver-colored, liver-coloured, livery, nervous, petulant, shirty, short-tempered, techy, testy, tetchy, touchy, waspish), descarado (barefaced, brass, brazen, cheeky, cool, impudent, pert, quean, saucy, shameless, unabashed, unblushing). (various references)

Romanian

nervos (fidgety, fussy, hysterical, ill natured, impatient, impatiently, irritably, irritated, jumpy, nervous, nervously, neurotic, overwrought, sinewy), neruşinat (barefaced, bold, brassy, brazen faced, cheeky, frontless, graceless, impudent, indecent, outrageous, ribald, saucy, shameless, unscrupulous), neobrãzat (bold, brazen faced, cheeky, immodestly, impudent, shameless), voinic (bulky, burly, chopping, hale and hearty, Hardy, healthy, hefty, hero, husky, mite, muscular, powerful, stout, strapping, sturdy, tight, upstanding, vigorous), surescitat (overwrought), 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, nervous, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), obraznic (audacious, bad, barefaced, bold, boldly, brazenly, cheekily, cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, cool, disobedient, flippant, forward, fresh, graceless, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nasty, naughty, obtrusive, perky, pert, pertly, presumptuous, provocative, rebellious, sauce box, saucy, unruly, untoward, uppish), excitat (excited, horny, Randy), cutezãtor (bold, boldly, courageous, daring, daringly, dashing, enterprising, foolhardy, Hardy, intrepid, intrepidly, stout), curajos (bold, brave, courageous, daring, Dauntless, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, high-spirited, manful, pluckily, plucky, reckless, spirited, stalwart, stout, temerarious, unflinching, vigorous), îndrãzneţ (assuming, audacious, bold, boldly, cheeky, cocky, courageous, daring, fearless, gallant, high-spirited, intrepid, manful, overdaring, reckless, risky, venturesome). (various references)

Russian 

самоуверенный (bold, bumptious, cocksure, cocksy, cocky, confident, coxy, jumped-up, opinionated, perky, positive, reliant, self confident, self-assured, self-confident, self-opinionated), храбрый (brave, courageous, feisty, gallant, high-hearted, lion-hearted, man of courage, redoubtable, redoubted, spunky, valiant), нервный (edgy, fussy, high-strung, jittery, jumpy, nervious, nervous, neural, neurotic, wrought-up), мускулистый (beefy, brawny, muscle bound, muscular, sinewy, tendinous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razdražljiv (crabby, grumpy, high strung, highly strung, irritable, jumpy, nervous, short tempered, techy, tetchy, waspish), drzak (audacious, be insolent, brash, brazenfaced, cheeky, daring, flip, impertinent, impudent, insolent, overbold, pert, presuming, presumptuous, saucy, temerarious, venturesome), bezobrazan (bold, brazenfaced, contumelious, insolent, malapert, pert, saucy). (various references)

Spanish

excitable (excitable, high strung, highly strung, hotheaded, temperamental, uncool). (various references)

Swedish

nervös (agitated, fidgety, high strung, highly strung, jumpy, nervous, tense, unstrung, uptight), spänd (excited, high strung, strained, taut, tense, tight, uptight), oförskämd (abusive, arrogant, be insolent, brazenfaced, graceless, immodest, impertinent, impudent, inpudent, insolent), fräck (audacious, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cool, daring, fresh, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, lippy, rude, saucy, wicked). (various references)

Thai

อว�"�"ี (boastful). (various references)

Turkish

yüzsüz (bare faced, barefaced, bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazenfaced, cheeky, conscience-proof, fresh, gay, hard bitten, hard boiled, hard-nosed, Hardy, impudent, pushful, pushing, ribald, saucy, shameless, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing), 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, nervous, on edge, out of humor, out of humour, peeved, pissed off, ratty, shirty, short tempered, sinewed, sinewy, spunky, testy, uptight, waxy, wild, wrought up), sinirleri bozuk (overwrought, unstrung), küstah (arrogant, assuming, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassy, cheeky, chesty, cool, flip, flippant, fresh, ill mannered, impertinent, impudent, insolent, insulting, malapert, overbearing, presuming, presumptuous, stroppy, too familiar, unabashed, wise), gergin (drawn, high strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervous, on a knife-edge, on edge, on pins and needles, skittish, spread, stiff, strained, stressfull, stretched, taut, tense, tight, uptight), ürkek (faint, fainthearted, fearful, gun-shy, jumpy, mousy, nervous, scary, shrinking, shy, skittish, timid, timorous, tremulous). (various references)

Ukrainian

самовпевнений (arrogant, assertive, assuming, assumptive, assured, bold, bumptious, calm, chesty, cocksure, cocksy, confident, coxy, nose-wise, opinionated, opinioned, overconfident, overweening, perk, positive, presuming, reliant, self confident, self sufficient, self-assertive, self-assured, self-opinionated, upstart), сильний (acute, athletic, bad, bitter, bull, cordial, deep, driving, nervous, penetrating, potent, powerful, punchy, quick, sharp, smart, spanking, strong, swingeing, vehement, vigorous), розв'язний (calm, gossamer, pert, soluble, solvable), нервовий (high strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nerval, nervous, neural, neurotic), нервозний (nervous), мускулястий (athletic, beefy, brawny, nervous, sinewed, sinewy), збуджений (ablaze, agitated, animate, astir, excited, feverish, heated, hot, intoxicate, irritated, overwrought, spasmodic, tense, tumultuous, warm, wrought), дужий (beefy, bouncing, hard, hefty, iron, lusty, nervous, pretty, robust, strapping, stubbed). (various references)

Vietnamese 

dễ cáu (bilious, biliously, fiery, irascible, passionate, quick-tempered, rambunctious, raspy, waspish), có khí lực (nervous). (various references)

Misspellings

"Nervy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dervy, enrvy, envry, Gervys, Mervy, neery, nerv, nerva, nervey, Nervi, Nervii, nervo, nery, nevry, nevvy, nirvs, nivr, servy. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: envy, very.

-2 letters: ern, rev, rye, yen.

-3 letters: en, er, ne, re, ye.

+1 letter: venery, vinery, wyvern.

+2 letters: knavery, nervily, wyverns.

+3 letters: conveyer, conveyor, cravenly, everyman, everymen, everyone, fervency, inverity, overmany, provenly, reconvey, verdancy, vernally, vicenary, vinegary, vineyard.

+4 letters: conveyers, conveyors, fervently, inventory, inversely, liveryman, liverymen, nervosity, nervously, overlying, purveying, reconveys, relevancy, surveying, veeringly, venerably, ventrally, verdantly, verifying, vestryman, vestrymen, vineyards, virulency, vulnerary.

+5 letters: advertency, cavalrymen, conversely, divergency, everything, everywoman, everywomen, governessy, inveteracy, overbuying, overdrying, overdyeing, overflying, overhyping, overjoying, overlaying, overpaying, overplying, purveyance, ravenously, reconveyed, relevantly, replevying, reverently, rivetingly, surveyings, university, venography, verbifying, versifying, veterinary, virulently, vulnerably, waveringly.