Word "NERVY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
offensively bold
Synonyms:
brash, cheeky
Examples:
a nervy thing to say

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
being in a tense state
Synonyms:
edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, overstrung, restive, uptight

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger
Examples:
the nervy feats of mountaineers

Crossword Clues for NERVY

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Residing in New York, concerned with turning very anxious The Times Quick Cryptic 25 Jul 2025
Niece's head injured - very anxious (5)
On edge of city, conserving unopened diesel fuel
Tense (Informal) (5)
Perhaps too jittery to show a bit of verve in New York (5)
Opp. of timid
Apprehensive (inf) (5)
Anxious, jumpy, very upset at the first piece of news (5)
Tense, apprehensive (5)
In this manner Vyvyan was jumpily excited (5)
Shamelessly bold Universal 05 Sep 2024
Full of chutzpah Universal 20 Jun 2024
First night - very jittery
Agitated, note, very agitated
Breadwinner vying for better pay got pushy (5)
Ida left the vineyard jumpy (5)
Anxious, tense The Times Concise 27 Mar 2024
Tense diner, vying for a half portion (5)
Jittery learner, vying to be seen inside (5)
Knight very jumpy? Exactly that! The Sun Two Speed 11 Jan 2024
On edge The Sun Two Speed 11 Jan 2024
Supercilious
Highly-strung The Times Concise 31 Dec 2023
European recreational vehicle enters U.S. city on edge? (5)
Velocity in Tyneside transport system makes us anxious The Times Cryptic 27 Nov 2023
On edge The Times Concise 03 Nov 2023
Excitable The Guardian Quick 22 Sep 2023
Brash Eugene Sheffer 07 Sep 2023
Anxious The Telegraph Quick 07 Jun 2023
Wound up in big city catching Queen on Five The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Dec 2022
"That was a ___ act." ("That was a bold act.")
Showing chutzpah Universal 15 Nov 2021
Brash Eugene Sheffer 08 Nov 2021
On edge The Telegraph Quick 02 Oct 2021
Brash Eugene Sheffer 04 Jun 2021
Anxious The Times Concise 14 May 2021
Regularly dismissed once brave Yankee that's fearful
Anxious
Anxious The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2020
Anxious baron essentially consumed by unnatural envy
Brazen The Washington Post 01 Aug 2019
Brazen LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2019
Twitchy, very neurotic primarily?
In an anxious state
Twitchy, very neurotic primarily?
Brazen Wall Street Journal 14 Feb 2019
Brazen
Brazen
On edge The Sun Two Speed 27 Dec 2018
Knight very jumpy? Exactly that! The Sun Two Speed 27 Dec 2018
On edge as Queen covers third of tracks from Kind of Blue
With much gall Newsday 02 Nov 2018
Anxious French marshal clutching version of Bible
Brash Thomas Joseph 21 Aug 2018
On edge, tense The Telegraph Quick 13 Jan 2018
Full of moxie
Terminals in nine ready, five plugs wired
Fidgety Verne loses a bit of energy; yet at end of day is bold
Impudent LA Times Daily 26 Apr 2017
Impudent The Washington Post 26 Apr 2017
Agitated old marshal clutching Bible The Times Cryptic 16 Feb 2017
Bold LA Times Daily 14 Feb 2017
Bold
Impudent
Jumpy, anxious The Times Concise 29 Nov 2016
Full of moxie LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2016
Showing chutzpah The Washington Post 15 Sep 2016
Full of chutzpah USA Today 27 Jun 2016
Full of chutzpah
Trevelyan releases tale of being fairly tense Irish Times Crosaire 18 Nov 2015
Boldly presumptuous Wall Street Journal 28 Aug 2015
North-eastern railway crossing very close to the edge? The Times Cryptic 30 Jan 2015
Excitable The Telegraph Quick 10 Jan 2015
Boldly presumptuous
One's innermost character, very troubled and anxious
New leader very distressed and anxious
Bold
Full of chutzpah
Brazen
Chutzpah-driven
Anxious entertainer vying for part
Audacious
Showing chutzpah
Audacious
Audacious
Having chutzpah
Brashly insolent
Having chutzpah
Bold-faced
Audacious
Pure balls
Full of chutzpah
Full of chutzpah
Full of chutzpah
Forward
Brash
Hardly shy
Brash
Chutzpah-driven
Brazen
Displaying chutzpah
Insolent
Briticism for jittery.
Having courage.
Bold.
Full of chutzpah
Courageous.
Full of courage.
Bold: Colloq.
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