(1):
(a.) Sensitive; excitable; timid.
(2):
(a.) Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.
(3):
(a.) Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
(4):
(a.) Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
(5):
(a.) possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.