nervous-Nellie en · ADJ
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality.
1993, David Ansen, "Goodbye, Mr. Gibson (film review of The Man Without a Face)," Newsweek,, 30 Aug, Woody Allen plays his most frazzled variation on the Woody we know best: a nervous-Nellie urban neurotic kvetching his way through life as a means of avoiding it.
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| nervous-Nelly | alternative | lexicographic | |
| nervous-nelly | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Nervous-Nellie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Nervous-Nelly | alternative | lexicographic |