Synonyms of nervous

1 Syllable

taut, weak, shy, shier, shyer, shyest

2 Syllables

twitchy, nervy, fussy, wired, annoyed, worried, tense, restless, snappish, afraid, skittish, worrying, blushful, timid, aspen, ruffled, jumpy, unquiet, unstrung, fitful, troubled, shaky, spooked, shrinking, upset, anxious, phobic, high-strung, shakiest, fearful, shakier, edgy, tensed, bashful, sleepless, uptight

3 Syllables

aquake, ashake, restive, hysteric, disturbed, cowardly, verecund, neurotic, overwrought, hesitant, unrestful, excited, distressed, overstrung, fluttery, panicky, cowhearted, self-conscious, ill-at-ease, jittery, volcanic, bothered, aflutter, uneasy, flustered, nail-biting, fidgety, concerned, querulous, timorous, distressful

4 Syllables

jellylike, sensitive, obsessive, excitable, volatile, awesome, hysterical, irritable, overanxious, chicken-hearted, agitated, solicitous, worrisome, emotional, goose-bumpy, yellow-bellied

5 Syllables

psychoneurotic, apprehensive, emotionable, uneffusive

6 Syllables

hypersensitive