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| carefully | |
| on guard | |
| uptight(adjective, nervous, tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| anxious(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| apprehensive(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| bay | |
| bothered(tense, uneasy) | |
| cautious(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| concerned(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| conventional(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| defense | |
| defensive | |
| defensively | |
| edgy(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| in a state(expression, idiom, tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| nervous(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| nervy(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| neurotic(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| old-fashioned(tense, uneasy, bothered) | |
| on edge(expression, tense, uneasy, bothered) |
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