nervy

Examples

• All

• Now, maybe if Suzanne and Sharon hadn't been so nervy, so damn curious, things might have been different.

  Illegally Yours (1988)

• "That was nervy, you know, with two girls upstairs.

  Fiction book (1992)

• You know, it's pretty nervy of these publishers to put us through this inquisition.

  The Hoax (2006)

• I had encountered Japanese know-it-alls before, but none with his nervy style.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The gypsies saw he was a nervy, deluded fellow, intending their band no harm.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Wouldn't that be nervy!

  Fiction book (1995)

• It was quite nervy of him to challenge the manager in front of everyone.

• Her nervy comments during the meeting shocked the other participants.

• I can't believe how nervy she was to ask for a raise on her first day.

Synonyms

S

sassy

vsnervy

• Informal

43 7.2

Being bold and lively in a rude or cheeky way

is bold but often reads as harsher and less playful

B

brazen

vsnervy

37 7.3

Showing no shame or respect for rules

is bold but can be seen as rude rather than openly shameless

C

cheeky

vsnervy

• Informal

33 4.8

Being rude in a playful way that shows little respect

is bold but can be seen as more bluntly rude than playful

B

brash

vsnervy

31 6.6

Very confident in a rude, loud way that annoys other people

is bold too but focuses more on rude boldness than loudness

S

saucy

vsnervy

• Informal

21 5.8

Being playful and a little rude in a way that teases people

is bold but often more plainly rude rather than playfully lively

I

impudent

vsnervy

9 7.9

Someone who shows no respect by acting or speaking boldly

is bold but emphasizes rude disrespect rather than pure lack of shame

I

impertinent

vsnervy

8 7.2

Rude or too bold toward someone, sometimes playful

is bold but tends to be ruder and less merely forward

B

brassy

vsnervy

• Offensive

5 7.2

Bold and showy in a way people may find rude

is bold but centers on rudeness rather than showy display

B

bumptious

vsnervy

1 9.9

Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people

is bold but stresses rudeness rather than proud self assertion

B

bullocky

vsnervy

• Archaic

9.9

Acting too proud and boastful

is bold but usually implies rude disrespect rather than boasting

A

a bit scorpy

vsnervy

• Informal

9.9

Being a little angry and easily annoyed with people

is bold but is more openly rude or shameless than merely prickly

Antonyms

T

timid

60 3.5

Shy and afraid to do new or risky things

M

meek

12 4.4

Quiet and gentle and not likely to speak up

How Rude

insolent

22 7.1

impudent

9 7.9

nervy

1 7.6

saucy

• Informal

21 5.8

cheeky

• Informal

33 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology