Nerve and Stuff

Nerve

Nerve noun - Shameless boldness.

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Stuff and nerve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stuff" instead a noun "Nerve".

Nearby Words: nervous, nervy, nerveless, nerved, nervation

Stuff noun - A skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job.

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Nerve and stuff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nerve" instead a noun "Stuff".

Nearby Words: stuffy, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness

old	old nerve	old stuff
good	good nerve	good stuff
special	special nerve	special stuff
romantic	romantic nerve	romantic stuff
Other adjectives: real, cool, little, random, scary.

The climax makes it clear that Theodora is made of much sterner stuff, as Evanora's nerve cracks far more quickly.

Source: Film / Oz: The Great and Powerful
The Soviet Union had a considerable chemical weapons programme, including such lovely stuff as VX nerve agent, although little information was available during the Cold War.

Source: Useful Notes / Reds with Rockets aka: Mi G
He never bathes, he thinks it's socially acceptable to break into people's houses and steal their stuff and has the nerve to tell Laurie that her mother almost getting raped by the Comedian could have been a moral lapse.

Source: No Social Skills

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