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bundle of nerves
adjective as in distressed
Strong matches
adjective as in neurotic
adjective as in on edge
adjective as in restless
Strongest matches
adjective as in tense
Strongest matches
adjective as in touchy
Strongest matches
adjective as in unquiet
Weak matches
- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- bustling
- changeable
- disturbed
- edgy
- fidgeting
- fidgety
- fitful
- footloose
- fretful
- hurried
- ill at ease
- inconstant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itchy
- jumpy
- nervous
- nomadic
- on edge
- perturbed
- restive
- roving
- sleepless
- spasmodic
- strung-out
- tossing and turning
- transient
- troubled
- turbulent
- uneasy
- unpeaceful
- unrestful
- unruly
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- wandering
- worried
Example Sentences
Under the surface, though, they were a bundle of nerves.
"I have just been a bundle of nerves for days, it is just complete relief."
The major concern was how much damage had been done to his spinal cord, which is a bundle of nerves that transmits information between the brain and the body.
The Spinal Cord The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that connects the brain to the rest of the body, allowing messages to be sent back and forth.
If you are attacked, the most sensitive part of a shark is its nose, which is a bundle of nerves, and its eyes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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