Nervous
Nervous adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Shell-shocked and nervous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shell-shocked" instead an adjective "Nervous".
Shell-shocked
Shell-shocked adjective - Suffering from high levels of physical and especially psychological stress.
Usage example: even after the long furlough, the returning soldiers still felt a little shell-shocked
Nervous and shell-shocked are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nervous" instead an adjective phrase "Shell-shocked".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- upset and nervous
- upset and shell-shocked
- agitated and nervous
- agitated and shell-shocked
- disturbed and nervous
- disturbed and shell-shocked
- uneasy and nervous
- uneasy and shell-shocked
- perturbed and nervous
- perturbed and shell-shocked
- tense and nervous
- tense and shell-shocked
- troubled and nervous
- troubled and shell-shocked
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