| Main Entry: | excitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily upset or inspired |
Synonyms: |
agitable, alarmable, demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fidgety, fierce, fiery, galvanic, hasty, high-strung, hot-headed, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, overzealous, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, short fused, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, volcanic |
Antonyms: |
calm, easy, easy-going, insensitive, laid-back, passive, unexcitable, uninspired |
| Main Entry: | edgy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
Synonyms: |
anxious, critical, excitable, excited, high-strung, ill at ease, impatient, irascible, irritable, keyed up, overstrung, restive, restless, skittish, tense, touchy, uneasy, uptight |
Antonyms: |
calm, composed, easy-going, laid-back |
| Main Entry: | emotional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demonstrative about feelings |
Synonyms: |
affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, emotive, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, falling apart, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hot-blooded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, irrational, moving, nervous, overwrought, passionate, pathetic, poignant, responsive, roused, sensitive, sentient, sentimental, spontaneous, stirred, stirring, susceptible, tear-jerking, temperamental, tender, thrilling, touching, warm, zealous |
| Notes: | emotional means 'affected by an emotion' while emotive means 'drawing out or evoking emotion' |
Antonyms: |
physical |
| Main Entry: | feisty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spirited; touchy |
Synonyms: |
active, alive, bubbly, courageous, difficult, enthusiastic, excitable, fiery, frisky, full of pep, game, gritty, gutsy, gutty, high-strung, hot-blooded, lively, mettlesome, ornery, peppy, quarrelsome, scrappy, sensitive, spunky, thin-skinned, tough, truculent, zestful |
| Main Entry: | fiery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate; on fire |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, afire, aflame, agitable, alight, blazing, burning, choleric, combustible, conflagrant, enthusiastic, excitable, febrile, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, flaming, flaring, flickering, flushed, glowing, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hot-headed, hot-tempered, igneous, ignited, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, in flames, inflamed, intense, irascible, irritable, madcap, peppery, perfervid, precipitate, red-hot, spirited, unrestrained, vehement, violent |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool, dull, flat, impassive, subdued |
| Main Entry: | high-strung |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
Synonyms: |
edgy, excitable, impatient, restless, tense |
| Main Entry: | hotheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick-tempered |
Synonyms: |
easily provoked, excitable, explosive, hot-tempered, impetuous, passionate, rash, short-fused, touchy, volatile |
| Main Entry: | hyperactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessively active |
Synonyms: |
excitable, high-strung, hyper, overactive, overzealous, uncontrollable, wild |
| Main Entry: | jittery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
Synonyms: |
antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excitable, fidgety, high-strung, jumpy, on edge, on pins and needles, panicky, quivering, restless, shaky, skittish, spooked, tense, trembling, uneasy, uptight |
| Main Entry: | jumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
Synonyms: |
agitated, antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, creepy*, excitable, excited, fidgety, frisky, high-strung, jittery, on edge, on pins and needles, restless, sensitive, shaky, skittish, spooked, tense, timorous, unrestful |
Antonyms: |
calm, collected, composed, easy-going, laid-back |