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nervous-Nellie

adjective 1
nervous Nellie noun 1
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adjective1

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(informal) Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality.
- 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. — 1993

nervous Nellie noun1

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(informal) A person whose personality and behavior are characterized by worry, insecurity, and timidity.
- Political opponents doubted his capacity, referred to him as "too nervous, too worried a little man," and remarked that his Senatorial colleagues used to refer to him humorously as "Nervous Nellie." — 1925

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