Meaning of nervous-Nellie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality.
   informal, not-comparable
2. Alternative spelling of nervous-Nellie.
   alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

Examples

“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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