nerves

2 definitions • 6 examples

worry or anxiety about something that is going to happen:

I never suffer from nerves when I'm speaking in public.

a bundle of nerves She was a bundle of nerves (= very nervous) before the audition.

calm/steady your nerves I always have a cigarette to calm/steady my nerves (= make me less nervous) before I go on stage.

Despite all her athletic achievements, she still suffers terribly from nerves before a race.

Unfortunately, my nerves got the better of me just as I was about to deliver the speech and my mind went completely blank.

worry or anxiety:

an attack of nerves