nerveless

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈnɝvləs/ UK /ˈnɜːvləs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

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adj
lacking strength or feeling; calmly fearless

With nerveless calm she defused the device.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lacking strength or... fearless unflinching cool composed calm feeble limp weak

Opposites

nervous fearful tense trembling

Word family

Derived forms nervelesslynervelessness

Related forms nerve nervousnervy

Etymology

From nerve + -less, the noun from Latin nervus ('sinew, nerve'), cognate with Greek neuron.

nervus Latin -less Old English

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# nerveless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈnɝvləs
**IPA (UK):** ˈnɜːvləs

## Meanings
1. lacking strength or feeling; calmly fearless

## Examples
- With nerveless calm she defused the device.

## Synonyms
- fearless
- unflinching
- cool
- composed
- calm
- feeble
- limp
- weak

## Antonyms
- nervous
- fearful
- tense
- trembling

## Derived Forms
- nervelessly
- nervelessness

## Related Forms
- nerve
- nervous
- nervy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nervus
- Root: -less

## Etymology
From nerve + -less, the noun from Latin nervus ('sinew, nerve'), cognate with Greek neuron.

## AI Etymology
Nerveless comes from nerve + -less, the noun from Latin nervus ('sinew, nerve'), cognate with Greek neuron. The etymological trail includes Latin nervus, Old English -less. The same word family includes nervelessly, nervelessness, nerve, nervous, nervy. Its current adjective use means "lacking strength or feeling; calmly fearless".

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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