nerves

nerves
n.
nervousness

1) an attack; bundle of nerves

mental state

2) to fray, frazzle smb.'s nerves; to get on smb.'s nerves

3) to calm, settle one's nerves

4) frayed, frazzled; steady; strong; taut; weak nerves

misc.

5) to have nerves of steel ('to be very strong emotionally')

* * *
bundle of nerves
frazzle smb. 's nerves
frazzled
settle one's nerves
strong
taut
to get on smb. 's nerves
weak nerves
['mental state'] to fray
['nervousness'] an attack
frayed
to calm
['misc. '] to have nerves of steel ('to be very strong emotionally')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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