2
tense(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, awkward)
2
uncertain(adjective, anxious, nervous, shy, doubtful)
2
unmanly(shy, worried, apprehensive, scared, alarmed)
2
unquiet(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, awkward)
2
uptight(adjective, upset, excited, uncertain, anxious)
2
worried sick(expression, adjective, upset, excited, uncertain)
1
solicitous(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous)
1
Delphic(uncertain, nervous, worried, hesitant, insecure)
1
afflicted(adjective, upset, depression, down, afflict)
1
against(adjective, difficult, awkward, forced, averse)
1
against the grain(expression, adjective, idiom, forced, averse)
1
aggrieved(adjective, upset, depression, down, afflict)
1
alas
1
anguished(anxious, awkward, unsettled, worried, concerned)
1
antipathetic(adjective, slow, shy, hostile, hesitant)
1
antsy(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous)
1
aroused(adjective, passionate, fearful, inflamed, rutilous)
1
ashen
1
base(weak, spineless, gutless)
1
basket case(expression, upset, excited, anxious, nervous)
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