18
nervous(adjective, adverb, upset, happy, passionate)
17
edgy(adjective, adverb, excited, anxious, awkward)
14
anxious(adjective, adverb, upset, excited, ready)
14
fidgety(adjective, adverb, moving, excited, anxious)
13
jittery(adjective, adverb, excited, anxious, awkward)
13
jumpy(adjective, adverb, upset, happy, passionate)
13
tense(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, crazy)
13
uneasy(adjective, adverb, upset, excited, anxious)
12
apprehensive(adjective, excited, anxious, awkward, nervous)
10
restless(adjective, excited, anxious, awkward, nervous)
9
uptight(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, crazy)
8
agitated(adjective, upset, happy, passionate, enthusiastic)
8
fretful(adjective, upset, anxious, awkward, nervous)
8
keyed up(expression, adjective, happy, passionate, enthusiastic)
8
restive(adjective, excited, anxious, awkward, nervous)
7
overwrought(adjective, upset, happy, passionate, enthusiastic)
6
disturbed(adjective, upset, happy, passionate, enthusiastic)
6
high-strung(adjective, adverb, excited, anxious, nervous)
6
on tenterhooks
6
worried(adjective, anxious, awkward, nervous, unsettled)
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