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| skittish(anxious, modest, nervous, humble) | |
| soft(weak, base, nervous, shy) | |
| spineless(weak, soft, base, nervous) | |
| tense(upset, excited, anxious, awkward) | |
| uncertain(anxious, nervous, shy, doubtful) | |
| unquiet(upset, excited, anxious, awkward) | |
| uptight(upset, excited, uncertain, anxious) | |
| worried sick(expression, upset, excited, uncertain) | |
| solicitous(upset, excited, anxious, nervous) | |
| afflicted(upset, depression, down, afflict) | |
| against(difficult, awkward, forced, averse) | |
| against the grain(expression, idiom, forced, averse) | |
| aggrieved(upset, depression, down, afflict) | |
| antipathetic(slow, shy, hostile, hesitant) | |
| antsy(upset, excited, anxious, nervous) | |
| aroused(passionate, fearful, inflamed, rutilous) | |
| begrudging(difficult, awkward, forced, averse) | |
| biting nails(expression, uncertain, anxious, nervous) | |
| bothered(upset, anxious, awkward, nervous) | |
| bugged(upset, excited, anxious, nervous) |
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