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| Main Entry: |
nerves
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anxiety |
| Synonyms: | fretfulness, hysteria, imbalance, irritation, nervousness, neurasthenia, sleeplessness, strain, stress, tenseness, tension |
| Antonyms: | calm, coolness |
| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strengthen, hearten |
| Synonyms: | animate, brace, cheer, embolden, encourage, enhearten, fortify, inspirit, invigorate, steel |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dishearten, fear, weaken |
| Main Entry: | jitters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nervousness |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, dither, fidgets, heebie-jeebies, jumps, nerves, shakes, shivers, tenseness, willies |
| Antonyms: | calmness |
| Main Entry: | tension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental stress |
| Synonyms: | agitation, ants in pants, antsiness, anxiety, apprehension, bad feeling, brunt, concern, discomfort, disquiet, edginess, hostility, jitters, jumps, nail-biting, nerves, nervousness, pins and needles, pressure, restlessness, shakes, strain, suspense, unease, uneasiness, worriment, worry |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentedness, ease, peace, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | nervous system |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | central nervous system |
| Synonyms: | nerve system, nerves, neurology, peripheral nervous system, sense organs, sensorium, sensory apparatus |
| Main Entry: | heebie-jeebies |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jitters |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, dither, fidget, fidgets, jump, jumps, nerves, shakes, shiver, shivers, tenseness, tremble, willies |
| Main Entry: | arrogance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, priggishness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, swagger, vanity |
| Antonyms: | humility, meekness, servility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | brass, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceit, imperiousness, insolence, nerve, presumption, pride, sass, self-importance |
| Antonyms: | genuineness, naturalness, reality, realness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
| Synonyms: | aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust |
| Antonyms: | confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty |
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