nervous-Nellie

Alternative forms

 * nervous-nellie, Nervous-Nellie, nervous-nelly, nervous-Nelly, Nervous-Nelly

Adjective

 * 1)  Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality.
 * 2) * 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.

Related terms

 * nervous Nellie (noun)