nervous-Nellie

See also: nervous nellie, nervous-nellie, Nervous-Nellie, Nervous Nellie, and nervous Nellie

English

Alternative forms

• nervous-nellie, Nervous-Nellie, nervous-nelly, nervous-Nelly, Nervous-Nelly

Adjective

nervous-Nellie (not comparable)

1. (informal) Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality.
   • 1993, David Ansen, "Goodbye, Mr. Gibson (film review of The Man Without a Face)," Newsweek,, 30 Aug,

     Woody Allen plays his most frazzled variation on the Woody we know best: a nervous-Nellie urban neurotic kvetching his way through life as a means of avoiding it.

Related terms

• nervous Nellie (noun)