nerve
/nɝv/noun, verb1 syllable
Nerve means: impudent aggressiveness.
Synonyms for nerve24
noun, as in the courage to carry on
noun, as in any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
nervus
verb, as in get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
also used for nerve
brashness, brazenness, balls, audacity, bield, boldhead, bravehood, braveness, nerve up, anneal, brace, consolidate, build up, confirm, corroborate
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What does nerve mean?4
noun
1
impudent aggressiveness“I couldn't believe her boldness”
2
the courage to carry on“he kept fighting on pure spunk”
3
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
verb
1
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with nerve?7
Nerve in a sentence
- Something they said must have hit a nerve, so he started yelling at them.AlanF_US
- You've got some nerve running away from me, haven't you?obsessed_polyglot
- You got some nerve, being this helpful while we're all pissed at you!buster_blu
- Copper plays an important role in nerve conduction, bone growth and hormone secretion.Cangarejo
- Shingles, a painful nerve infection, affects millions of people around the world each year.Cangarejo
- Strictly speaking, lungs can't hurt as they have no nerve endings.ddnktr
- My husband damaged a nerve in his neck.unknown
- I don't have the nerve to watch it.sharptoothed
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Forms of nerve
as a noun
- plural
- nerves
as a verb
- past tense
- nerved
- present participle
- nerving
- third-person singular
- nerves
- past participle
- nerved