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participate in the fˆte at Long Norton.<br />

neighbourly<br />

adj. friendly, cordial, warm, amiable, agreeable, affable,<br />

companionable, well-disposed, kindly, kind, well-wishing,<br />

genial, sociable, social, harmonious, considerate, thoughtful,<br />

helpful, gracious, courteous, civil: It was quite neighbourly<br />

of the Constables to look after our cat.<br />

neologism n. neoterism, coinage, neology, nonce-word; blend, portmanteau<br />

word: Lexicographers must decide the neologisms to be added to<br />

their dictionaries.<br />

nerve<br />

n. 1 courage, coolness, boldness, bravery, intrepidity,<br />

determination, valour, daring, fearlessness, dauntlessness,<br />

pluck, mettle, spirit, fortitude, will, tenacity, steadfastness,<br />

staunchness, firmness, doughtiness, resoluteness, Colloq guts,<br />

grit, gumption, spunk, US sand, Brit bottle, US moxie , Taboo<br />

slang balls: It took a lot of nerve to go back into that<br />

burning building. 2 effrontery, brazenness, gall, impertinence,<br />

brass, impudence, insolence, audacity, brashness, presumption,<br />

presumptuousness, temerity, Colloq cheek, sauce, chutzpah, Slang<br />

crust: You have a lot of nerve, talking to your mother that<br />

way! 3 get on someone's nerves. annoy, irritate, upset: That<br />

loud rock music gets on my nerves. 4 nerves. tension,<br />

nervousness, hysteria, anxiety, fretfulness, stress, worry,<br />

apprehension, fright, Colloq the jitters, Slang the willies, the<br />

heebie-jeebies, US the whim-whams: I had a bad case of nerves<br />

before learning the doctor's diagnosis.<br />

nerve-racking<br />

adj. nerve-wracking, harrowing, agonizing, distressing, trying,<br />

vexing, vexatious, troublesome, worrisome, irksome, irritating:<br />

Waiting for the names of the survivors was the most<br />

nerve-racking experience of my life.<br />

nervous adj. 1 highly-strung, excitable, sensitive, tense, agitated,<br />

wrought up, worked up, upset, flustered, ruffled, disturbed,<br />

perturbed, distressed, worried, anxious, troubled, concerned,<br />

disquieted, edgy, on edge, on tenterhooks, fidgety, fretful,<br />

uneasy, apprehensive, frightened, fearful, shaky, scared,<br />

skittish, US on a tightrope, Colloq jumpy, jittery, flappable,<br />

in a stew, in a dither, in a sweat, in a tizzy, in a flap,

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