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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, dreadful, exalted, fearful, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, shocking, striking, stunning, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, daunting, fearsome, horrifying, real gone, something else, stupefying, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | unamazing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | abashed, backward, blushing, chary, confused, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, blushful, constrained, overmodest, recoiling, self-effacing, unassertive, verecund |
| Antonyms: | confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | cowardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, craven, dastardly, diffident, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, jittery, lily-livered*, nervous, paper tiger*, pusillanimous, recreant, retiring, scared, shrinking, shy, soft*, spineless*, timid, timorous, weak, worthless, yellow*, chicken-hearted, cowering, cowhearted, dismayed, having the willies, lacking courage, no guts, panicky, pigeonhearted, running scared, weak-kneed, yellow-bellied |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emotional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demonstrative about feelings |
| Synonyms: | affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, irrational, moving, nervous, overwrought, passionate, pathetic, poignant, responsive, sensitive, sentient, sentimental, spontaneous, stirring, susceptible, temperamental, tender, thrilling, touching, warm, zealous, emotive, falling apart, hot-blooded, roused, stirred, tear-jerking |
| Notes: | emotional means 'affected by an emotion' while emotive means 'drawing out or evoking emotion' |
| Antonyms: | physical |
| Main Entry: | excitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily upset or inspired |
| Synonyms: | demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fidgety, fierce, fiery, hasty, high-strung, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, agitable, alarmable, galvanic, hot-headed, overzealous, short fused, volcanic |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, insensitive, laid-back, passive, uninspired, easy-going, unexcitable |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hysterical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, excited |
| Synonyms: | agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, fiery, frantic, frenzied, furious, impassioned, impetuous, incensed, irrepressible, mad, nervous, neurotic, overwrought, panic-stricken, passionate, possessed, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, spasmodic, tempestuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unrestrained, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, carried away, convulsive, fuming, in a fit, maddened, seething, unnerved, worked up |
| Antonyms: | calm, serene, controlled |
| Main Entry: | ill at ease |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling at ease |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, awkward, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge*, on edge, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, unsure, discomfited, disquieted, faltering, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, unrelaxed |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, content, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neurotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally maladjusted |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case*, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up*, inhibited, manic, nervous, overwrought, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired*, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, hysteric, nervous wreck, obsessive, psychoneurotic |
| Antonyms: | balanced, sane, stable, adjusted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overwrought |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted and excited |
| Synonyms: | affected, agitated, beside oneself*, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, frantic, high*, nervous, neurotic, on edge*, overexcited, overworked, spent, tense, tired, uneasy, unstrung, uptight*, weary, wired, worn, all shook up, fired-up, flipped out, freaked-out, hot under collar, hot-and-bothered, hyper, in a state, keyed-up, overstrung, steamed up, stirred, strung-out, worked-up, wound-up |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, cool, rested, unruffled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-conscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insecure with oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, anxious, artificial, awkward, bashful, diffident, embarrassed, mannered, nervous, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, stiff, stilted, uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure, discomfited, ill-at-ease, out of countenance |
| Antonyms: | assured, secure, sure, unself-conscious |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | timid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, bashful, capricious, cowardly, coy, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, humble, intimidated, irresolute, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow*, badgered, browbeaten, bullied, cowed, cowering, daunted, having cold feet, milquetoast, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | worried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, troubled |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apprehensive, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, fretful, frightened, hung up*, ill at ease, nervous, on edge*, overwrought, perturbed, solicitous, tense, uneasy, upset, uptight, clutched, on pins and needles, tormented, worried stiff |
| Antonyms: | calm, untroubled, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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