nervy
nur vee
- s being in a tense state
- s showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger
the nervy feats of mountaineers - s offensively bold
a nervy thing to say
- At 23, just down from Cambridge University, Angry Young Man David Frost presided over a rude, crude, outrageously nervy weekly show that revolutionized British television and .
- That a government should literally poison its citizens, and that a terrorist should be considered a hero, is a pretty nervy premise for a mainstream film.
- For first timers, Chungking Mansionswith its baying touts and shabby surroundsis a nervy experience.