2
jumpy(excited, awkward, unsettled, shaky, tense)
2
keen(strong, powerful, penetrating)
2
keyed up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, excited)
2
on tenterhooks
2
operose
2
overanxious(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, pressure)
2
overworked(adjective, tense, exhausted, stressed)
2
overwrought(adjective, difficult, false, excited, pressure)
2
pained(adjective, gloomy, depressed, wretched)
2
percolated
2
purified
2
put-on
2
put on(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, affected)
2
refined(pure, purified)
2
rough
2
sprained
2
stocked
2
strain
2
tired(adjective, weary, tense, stressed, gaunt)
2
tortured(difficult, gloomy, depressed, wretched, tortuous)
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