| Main Entry: | fidgety |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restlessly moving |
Synonyms: |
antsy*, apprehensive, high-strung, hyper, impatient, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervous wreck, nervy, on edge, on pins and needles, restive, restless, spooked, spooky*, twitchy, uneasy, unrestful, up the wall, wired |
Antonyms: |
quiet, relaxed, restful, resting, still, unmoving |
| Main Entry: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried, tense |
Synonyms: |
afraid, aghast, antsy*, apprehensive, basket case, bugged, butterflies, careful, choked, clutched, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dreading, fearful, fidgety, fretful, hacked, hyper, in a state, in a tizzy, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, overwrought, restless, scared, shaking, shaky, shivery, shook up, shot to pieces, solicitous, spooked, strung out, sweating bullets, taut, troubled, uneasy, unglued, unquiet, uptight*, watchful, wired, worried sick, wreck* |
Antonyms: |
assured, calm, content, cool, happy, indifferent, peaceful, tranqil, unconcerned, unworried |
| Main Entry: | distressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, agitated, all torn up, antsy, anxious, basket case, bothered, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, concerned, cut up, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distrait, distraught, dragged, exercised, fidgety, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, ripped, saddened, shaky, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, troubled, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched |
Antonyms: |
calm, collected, comforted, glad, happy, joyful |
| 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: | ill at ease |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling at ease |
Synonyms: |
anxious, apprehensive, awkward, discomfited, disquieted, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, faltering, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge, on edge, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unrelaxed, unsettled, unsure |
Antonyms: |
at ease, comfortable, content |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | nervous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
Synonyms: |
afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, fidgety, fitful, flustered, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung, hysterical, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, on edge, overwrought, querulous, restive, ruffled, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, spooked, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, twitchy, uneasy, unrestful, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired, worried |
Antonyms: |
brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried |
| Main Entry: | on edge |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tense |
Synonyms: |
agitated, anxious, apprehensive, beside oneself, bundle of nerves, edgy, excited, fidgety, high-strung, hyper, impatient, in a tizzy, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, nerve-racking, nervous, nervous wreck, overanxious, restless, stressful, unnerved, uptight, wired, worried, wound up |
| Main Entry: | queasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well; not comfortable |
Synonyms: |
anxious, bilious, concerned, fidgety, green around gills, groggy, ill, ill at ease, indisposed, nauseated, pukish, qualmish, queer, restless, rocky, sick, sick as a dog, sickly, squeamish, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, under the weather, uneasy, unwell, upset, worried |
Antonyms: |
comfortable, healthy, satisfied |