nervousness

From nervous +‎ -ness.

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nervousness (countable and uncountable, plural nervousnesses)

1. The state or quality of being nervous.
   • March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian‎:

     A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily.

• nervosity (much less common)

• nervousness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• nervousness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913