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restless(adjective, upset, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
15
uneasy(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, awkward)
15
impatient(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
11
uptight(adjective, slang, excited, anxious, nervous)
10
high-strung(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, pressure)
10
nervy(adjective, anxious, nervous, worried)
7
skittish(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, worried)
6
anxious(adjective, upset, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
6
overstrung(adjective, excited, nervous, agitated)
4
excitable(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, worried)
3
querulous(anxious, irritable, worried, restless)
3
unrestful(upset, anxious, unsettled, shaky)
2
fitful(adjective, anxious, irregular, unsettled)
2
fussy(anxious, worried)
2
ill at ease(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, anxious)
2
touchy(adjective, excited, nervous, irritable, agitated)
2
twitchy(adjective, anxious, worried, restless)
2
volatile(adjective, anxious, worried)
1
afraid(anxious, awkward, unsettled, worried)
1
bothered(upset, anxious, awkward, unsettled, shaky)
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