9 Letter Words for Nerviness
inverness, nerviness
8 Letter Words for Nerviness
innerves, inverses, nervines, versines
7 Letter Words for Nerviness
enriven, enviers, innerve, insense, inserve, inverse, ivresse, nerines, nervine, revises, seiners, sensive, senvies, sereins, serines, sinners, sirenes, veiners, veneris, venines, venires, vernine, versine, versins
6 Letter Words for Nerviness
enrive, envier, envies, envine, envire, eserin, essive, inners, inness, inseer, neives, nereis, nerine, nerves, nessie, nieves, reises, reives, renies, renins, rennes, resins, revies, revise, rieves, rinses, seiner, seines, seiren, sensei, serein, series, serine, serins, serves, sevens, severs, sevier, sevres, siever, sieves, sinner, sirene, sirens, sivers, sneers, veiner, venine, venins, venire, venise, venner, verine, vernin, verses, versin, viners, visnes
5 Letter Words for Nerviness
eevns, ensis, ernes, erses, erven, esnes, essen, evens, inner, insee, irene, isere, neive, nenes, nerve, neven, never, neves, nevis, nieve, niner, nines, nisse, reens, reins, reive, renin, renne, resin, revie, rieve, rines, rinse, risen, rises, riven, rives, seers, seine, seirs, seise, sense, seres, serin, serve, seven, sever, siens, sieve, sines, siren, sires, siver, sneer, snees, snies, veers, veins, venie, venin, verse, viers, viner, vines, vises, visne
4 Letter Words for Nerviness
eevn, eine, eire, enes, ense, eres, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, erse, eses, esne, esse, even, ever, eves, inne, inns, ires, neer, nein, nene, nese, ness, neve, nevi, nies, nine, reen, rees, rein, renn, reve, revs, ries, rine, rins, rise, rive, seen, seer, sees, seir, seis, sene, sens, sere, sers, serv, sese, seve, sien, sier, sine, sins, sire, sirs, sise, snee, sris, veen, veer, vees, vein, veri, vers, vese, vier, vies, vine, vins, vise, viss
3 Letter Words for Nerviness
een, eer, eir, ene, ens, env, ere, ern, ers, ese, esr, ess, eve, inn, ins, inv, ire, irs, ise, isn, ive, nee, nei, nie, nis, nne, ree, rei, res, rev, rie, rin, riv, see, sei, sen, ser, sie, sin, sir, sis, sri, sse, vee, vei, ver, vie, vin, vis, vss
Definitions for Nerviness
[1] brashly presumptuous or insolent; pushy: a nervy thing to say; a nervy trick to pull.
[2] having or showing courage; brave or bold: the nervy feats of the mountaineers.
[3] strong; sinewy; vigorous: a hard, nervy physique.
[4] Chiefly British . straining one's patience or forbearance; trying.
[5] nervous; excitable; on edge.
[6] British informal tense or apprehensive
[7] having or needing bravery or endurance
[8] US and Canadian informal brash or cheeky
[9] archaic muscular; sinewy
Words related to Nerviness
nervycheeky, crass, crude, forward, fresh, impudent, inconsiderate, pert, plucky, rude, sassy, smart, wise
Words nearby Nerviness
nervynervous wreck, nervule, nervuration, nervure, nervus, nervy, nesbit, nescience, nesh, nesosilicate, ness
Origin of Nerviness
yFirst recorded in 1600–10; nerve + -y1
Other words from Nerviness
nerv·i·ly , adverb
nerv·i·ness , noun
Synonyms for Nerviness
assumption, assurance, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, cockiness, crust, defiance, discourtesy, disrespect, disrespectfulness, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, guts, gutsiness, hardiness, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, moxie, nerve, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness, shamelessness, spunk, stuff, temerity
