nerve's

Audacity that belongs

Nerve's is the possessive form of nerve.

A nerve is a fiber that transmits signals between the brain and body: The dentist hit a nerve's pathway.

Nerve also means courage or boldness: I admire her nerve's staying power under pressure.

To get on someone's nerves is to irritate them: His whining tested every nerve's limit.

anatomy

fiber

Plant-based digestive aid

  • axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
  • endingFinal portion of something
  • sheathProtective blade covering

cell · bundle · impulse · synapse · myelin · dendrite · ganglion · pathway · tissue · receptor

courage

steel

Carbon-hardened iron alloy

  • testEvaluative examination
  • lossBeing without something
  • failureLack of success

lack · absence · show · display · demonstration · steadiness · fortitude · grit · mettle · backbone

audacity

gall

Impudent boldness or bitterness

effrontery · brazenness · impudence · temerity · boldness · insolence · chutzpah · brashness · shamelessness · arrogance

anxiety

edge

Boundary or sharpness

rawness · tension · sensitivity · irritability · agitation · frazzle · unease · jitters · shakiness · brittleness

Opposites
audacity/impudence

nerve'spropriety's

Correctness of behavior's

modesty's

Phrases
Family

nerve, nerves, nerved, unnerve, unnerved, unnerves

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G