nervousness

English

Etymology

From nervous +‎ -ness.

Noun

nervousness (countable and uncountable, plural nervousnesses)

1. The state or quality of being nervous.

Synonyms

• nervosity (much less common)

Translations

state or quality of being nervous

• Czech: nervozita f
• Danish: nervøsitet c
• Dutch: zenuwachtigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: maltrankvileco
• Finnish: hermostuneisuus (fi)
• French: nervosité (fr) f
• German: Nervosität (de) f, Unruhe (de) f
• Italian: nervosismo (it) m
• Kurdish:
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nervøsitet m

  Nynorsk: nervøsitet m

• Portuguese: nervosismo (pt) m, nervosia f
• Romanian: nervozitate (ro) f
• Russian: не́рвность (ru) f (nérvnostʹ), нерво́зность (ru) f (nervóznostʹ)
• Slovak: nervozita
• Spanish: nerviosidad (es) f, nerviosismo (es) m, intranquilidad (es) f
• Swedish: oro (sv), nervositet (sv)
• Turkish: gerginlik (tr), heyecan (tr)

References

• “nervousness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “nervousness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.