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Main Entry:	jumpy
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	nervous
Synonyms:	agitated, antsy, anxious, apprehensive, creepy, excitable, excited, fidgety, frisky, high-strung, jittery, on edge, restless, sensitive, shaky, skittish, tense, timorous, on pins and needles, spooked, unrestful
Antonyms:	calm, collected, composed, laid-back, easy-going

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Main Entry:	apprehensive
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	anxious, fearful
Synonyms:	afraid, alarmed, concerned, doubtful, foreboding, frozen, hung up, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, shaky, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, biting nails, butterflies, disquieted, feel in bones, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, worried sick
Antonyms:	calm, quiet, unafraid, at ease, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried

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Main Entry:	cross
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very angry; in a bad mood
Synonyms:	annoyed, cantankerous, captious, choleric, churlish, crabby, cranky, crotchety, crusty, disagreeable, faultfinding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, impatient, irascible, irritable, jumpy, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out*, querulous, quick-tempered, ratty, short, snappy, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, waspish, caviling, ill-humored, out of humor, pettish, splenetic, tetchy, vexed
Antonyms:	animated, cheerful, happy, pleasant

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Main Entry:	distressed
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	upset
Synonyms:	afflicted, agitated, antsy, anxious, basket case, bothered, concerned, cut up, discombobulated, disconsolate, distracted, distraught, fidgety, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, shaky, troubled, uptight, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched, all torn up, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, distrait, dragged, exercised, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, ripped, saddened, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall
Antonyms:	calm, collected, glad, happy, joyful, comforted

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Main Entry:	excited
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	inspired; upset
Synonyms:	agitated, animated, annoyed, beside oneself, charged, delighted, disconcerted, disturbed, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, frantic, high, hot, hot and bothered, hyperactive, hysterical, inflamed, jumpy, moved, nervous, on edge, on fire, overwrought, passionate, provoked, stimulated, thrilled, tumultous/tumultuous, wild, wired*, aflame, aroused, awakened, discomposed, fired up, in a tizzy, juiced up, keyed up, piqued, roused, ruffled, steamed up, stirred, worked up, zipped up
Antonyms:	bored, calm, composed, laid-back, unenthusiastic, uninspired, easy-going, unenthused, unexcited

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Main Entry:	fidgety
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	restlessly moving
Synonyms:	antsy, apprehensive, high-strung, impatient, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, on edge, restive, restless, spooky, uneasy, wired*, hyper, nervous wreck, on pins and needles, spooked, twitchy, unrestful, up the wall
Antonyms:	quiet, restful, resting, still, unmoving, relaxed

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Main Entry:	frightened
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very scared
Synonyms:	abashed, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, chicken, fearful, frozen, hung up, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, numb, petrified, shaky, sissy, startled, terrified, uptight, yellow, affrighted, butterflies, chicken-hearted, cowed, dismayed, have cold feet, having kittens, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, panicky, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, shivery, spooked, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved
Antonyms:	calm, happy, comforted

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Main Entry:	frisky
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	full of spirit
Synonyms:	active, antic, bouncy, coltish, dashing, feeling one's oats, frolicsome, full of beans, gamesome, high-spirited, in high spirits, jumpy, kittenish, larkish, lively, peppy, playful, prankish, rollicking, romping, spirited, sportive, wicked, zesty, zippy
Antonyms:	depressed, down, lifeless

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Main Entry:	jittery
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	nervous
Synonyms:	antsy, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excitable, fidgety, high-strung, jumpy, on edge*, quivering, restless, shaky, skittish, tense, uneasy, uptight, on pins and needles, panicky, spooked, trembling

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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, fussy, hesitant, high-strung, hysterical, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, on edge, overwrought, querulous, restive, sensitive, shaky, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, uneasy, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired*, worried, flustered, ruffled, spooked, twitchy, unrestful
Antonyms:	brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried

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Main Entry:	on edge
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	tense
Synonyms:	agitated, anxious, apprehensive, beside oneself, edgy, excited, fidgety, high-strung, impatient, jittery, jumpy, nerve-racking, nervous, restless, uptight, wired*, worried, bundle of nerves, hyper, in a tizzy, keyed up, nervous wreck, overanxious, stressful, unnerved, wound up

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Main Entry:	phobic
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	fearful
Synonyms:	afraid, anxious, apprehensive, disturbed, frightened, irrational, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neurotic, scared, shy, skittish, tense, worried, discomposed, disquieted, have cold feet, panicky

Main Entry:	restive
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	impatient, nervous
Synonyms:	agitated, balky, contrary, edgy, fidgety, fractious, fretful, froward, ill at ease, jittery, jumpy, nervy, obstinate, on edge, ornery*, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, restless, stubborn, tense, uneasy, unruly, unyielding, uptight
Notes:	restive means impatient or fidgety under pressure or restraint; restless is being uneasy, unquiet, or unable to relax or rest
Antonyms:	calm, collected, patient, relaxed

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Main Entry:	restless
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	not content; moving about
Synonyms:	active, agitated, antsy, anxious, changeable, disturbed, edgy, fidgety, fitful, footloose, fretful, hurried, ill at ease, inconstant, intermittent, irresolute, itchy*, jumpy, nervous, nomadic, on edge, perturbed, restive, roving, sleepless, spasmodic, transient, troubled, turbulent, uneasy, unruly, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, wandering, worried, bundle of nerves, bustling, fidgeting, strung out, tossing and turning, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful
Antonyms:	agitated, jumpy, nervous, restive

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Main Entry:	skittish
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very nervous
Synonyms:	capricious, changeable, combustible, dizzy, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, fickle, fidgety, flighty, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, high-strung, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, peppy, playful, restive, scatterbrained, sensitive, spirited, undependable, unreliable, whimsical, zippy, agitable, alarmable, volative
Antonyms:	calm, collected, laid-back, easy-going, unworried

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Main Entry:	sleepless
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	insomniac, restless
Synonyms:	active, alert, antsy, anxious, edgy, fidgety, jumpy, nervous, on edge, troubled, unsettled, wakeful, wide-awake, wired, worried, bustling, fidgeting, strung out, tossing and turning

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Main Entry:	touchy
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	easily offended
Synonyms:	bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, choleric, cranky, cross, delicate, dicey, grouchy, grumpy, hazardous, irascible, irritable, jumpy, mean, ornery, peevish, petulant, precarious, querulous, quick-tempered, risky, sensitive, surly, temperamental, testy, thin-skinned, ticklish, tricky, unpredictable, unsafe, uptight, volatile, bundle of nerves, crabbed, hypersensitive, oversensitive, perturbable, pettish, splenetic, wired up, wound up
Antonyms:	calm, easygoing, laid-back, unflappable

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Main Entry:	uneasy
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	awkward, uncomfortable
Synonyms:	afraid, agitated, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, bothered, disturbed, edgy, fearful, fidgety, fretful, ill at ease, impatient, insecure, irascible, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervous, on edge, peevish, perplexed, perturbed, precarious, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, strained, suspicious, tense, troubled, unsettled, unstable, upset, worried, wrung, all nerves, anguished, constrained, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, harassed, in turmoil, on the qui vive, palpitant, tormented, unquiet, vexed
Antonyms:	comfortable, composed, laid-back, easy-going

Main Entry:	upset
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	disturbed, bothered
Synonyms:	agitated, antsy, apprehensive, blue, chaotic, confused, disconcerted, disordered, distressed, frantic, hurt, ill, jittery, jumpy, low, muddled, overwrought, shocked, sick, spilled, thrown, troubled, unsettled, upside-down, worried, all torn up, amazed, broken up, bummed out, capsized, come apart, dismayed, disquieted, dragged, grieved, in disarray, overturned, psyched out, rattled, ruffled, shook up, tipped over, toppled, tumbled, unglued, unzipped
Antonyms:	happy, undisturbed, unworried

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Main Entry:	on edge
Part of Speech:	adverb
Definition:	feeling anxious
Synonyms:	anxious, edgy, fidgety, high-strung, impatient, jittery, jumpy, nervous, skittish, uneasy, wired, hyper, in suspense, nail-biting, nerves on edge