"nervy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnɜː.vi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnɝ.vi/ [General-American] Forms: nervier [comparative], nerviest [superlative]
Etymology: nerve + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nerve|y}} nerve + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} nervy (comparative nervier, superlative nerviest)
  1. (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen. Tags: US Translations (bold): смел (smel) (Bulgarian), самоуверен (samouveren) (Bulgarian), suverénní (Czech), troufalý (Czech), бо́рзый (bórzyj) [masculine, slang] (Russian), де́рзкий (dérzkij) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nervy-en-adj-gBraW4Xm Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'bold': 90 7 1 3
  2. (British) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated. Tags: British Translations (nervous): нервен (nerven) (Bulgarian), неспокоен (nespokoen) (Bulgarian), nervózní (Czech), vynervovaný (Czech), nearbhach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-nervy-en-adj-gLQX8kEq Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'nervous': 4 80 0 15
  3. (archaic) Strong; sinewy. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-nervy-en-adj-RcJVpbyw
  4. (technical) jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.
    Sense id: en-nervy-en-adj-jh2DVzjM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 3 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 23 3 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 31 23 4 42 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nervily, nerviness Related terms: nervous

Inflected forms

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