nervous

/ˈnɜːvəs/ adjective

Definition

WORRIED › worried and anxious: a nervous cough/laugh She's very nervous about her driving test.

BODY [always before noun] › relating to the nerves in the body: a nervous disorder

(Definition of nervous adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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