nerved
Gathered inner strength
Nerved describes having nerves or nerve-like structures, as in botany where a leaf is prominently nerved.
More commonly, it appears in compounds indicating courage or boldness: steel-nerved, strong-nerved.
To have nerved oneself is to have gathered courage for something difficult: She nerved herself to confront him.
Courageous and daring
- fearlessLacking any apprehension
- valiantCourageously determined
- heroicExceptionally brave and noble
- undauntedCourageously persistent despite difficulty
gallant · daring · intrepid · plucky · lionhearted · resolute · audacious · unflinching
Free from agitation
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- steadinessState of being constant
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
coolness · unflappability · stoicism · aplomb · sangfroid · self-possession · collected · centered
bold
Courageous and daring
undaunted · gallant · daring · intrepid · plucky · lionhearted · resolute · audacious · unflinching · stalwart
calm
Free from agitation
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- steadinessState of being constant
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
self-control · coolness · unflappability · stoicism · aplomb · sangfroid · self-possession · collected · centered · steady-handed
neurons
Signal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
neurotransmitter · myelin · innervated · ganglia · fibers · endings · impulse · sensory · motor · spinal
anxious
Troubled by uncertainty
- jitteryAnxiously restless
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
edgy · fidgety · restless · strained · overwrought · twitchy · on-edge · keyed-up · wound-up · high-strung
nervedcowered
Shrank back in fright
chickened out · cowardly · fainthearted · lily-livered · pusillanimous
- nervous wreckPerson overwhelmed by anxiety
- nervous breakdownAcute mental health crisis
- hit a nerveTrigger emotional sensitivity
- nervous systemSignal transmission network
- bundle of nervesExtremely anxious person
- vagus nerveMajor parasympathetic cranial pathway
nerve, nervous, nerves, nervy, unnerve, nerveless, unnerved, unnerving, enervate