Nervous and unable to relax.
synonyms: antsy, fretful, itchy.
Roget 860:
fearing
etc.
v.;
frightened
etc.
v.;
in fear,
in a fright
etc.
n.;
haunted with the fear of
etc.
n.;
afeard†.
afraid,
fearful;
timid,
timorous;
nervous,
diffident,
coy,
faint-hearted,
tremulous,
shaky,
afraid of one's shadow,
apprehensive,
restless,
fidgety;
more frightened than hurt.
aghast;
awe-stricken,
horror-stricken,
terror-stricken,
panic-stricken,
awestruck,
awe-stricken,
horror-struck;
frightened to death,
white as a sheet;
pale,
pale as a ghost,
pale as death,
pale as ashes;
breathless,
in hysterics.
inspiring fear
etc.
v.;
alarming;
formidable,
redoubtable;
perilous
etc.
(danger)
665;
portentous;
fearful;
dread,
dreadful;
fell;
dire,
direful;
shocking;
terrible,
terrific;
tremendous;
horrid,
horrible,
horrific;
ghastly;
awful,
awe-inspiring;
revolting
etc.
(painful)
830;
Gorgonian.
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Roget 901:
irascible;
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered;
irritable,
susceptible;
excitable
etc.
825;
thin-skinned
etc.
(sensitive)
822;
fretful,
fidgety;
on the fret.
hasty,
overhasty,
quick,
warm,
hot,
testy,
touchy,
techy†,
tetchy;
like touchwood,
like tinder;
huffy,
pettish,
petulant;
waspish,
snappish,
peppery,
fiery,
passionate,
choleric,
shrewish,
sudden and quick in quarrel"
[As You Like It].
querulous,
captious,
moodish†;
quarrelsome,
contentious,
disputatious;
pugnacious
etc.
(bellicose)
720;
cantankerous,
exceptious†;
restiff
etc.
(perverse)
901.1†;
churlish
etc.
(discourteous)
895.
cross,
cross as crabs,
cross as two sticks,
cross as a cat,
cross as a dog,
cross as the tongs;
fractious,
peevish,
acari=atre†.
in a bad temper;
sulky
etc.
901.1;
angry
etc.
900.
resentful,
resentive†;
vindictive
etc.
919.
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Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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Roget 605:
irresolute,
infirm of purpose,
double-minded,
half-hearted;
undecided,
unresolved,
undetermined;
shilly-shally;
fidgety,
tremulous;
hesitating
etc.
v.;
off one's balance;
at a loss
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
vacillating
etc.
v.;
unsteady
etc.
(changeable)
149;
unsteadfast†,
fickle,
without ballast;
capricious
etc.
608;
volatile,
frothy;
light,
lightsome,
light-minded;
giddy;
fast and loose.
weak,
feeble-minded,
frail;
timid,
wimpish,
wimpy
etc.
860;
cowardly
etc.
862;
dough-faced [U.S.];
facile;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324;
unable to say 'no',
easy-going revocable,
reversible.
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Roget 825:
excitable,
easily excited,
in an excitable state;
high-strung;
irritable
etc.
(irascible)
901;
impatient,
intolerant.
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical;
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed.
unquiet,
mercurial,
electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried,
restless,
fidgety,
fussy;
chafing
etc.
v..
startlish†,
mettlesome,
high-mettled†,
skittish.
vehement,
demonstrative,
violent,
wild,
furious,
fierce,
fiery,
hot-headed,
madcap.
overzealous,
enthusiastic,
impassioned,
fanatical;
rabid
etc.
(eager)
865.
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary†,
boisterous.
impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate;
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable;
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless†,
inextinguishable,
burning,
simmering,
volcanic,
ready to burst forth,
volatile.
excited,
exciting
etc.
824.
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