2
unrealistic(adjective, false, fantastic, extravagant, inflated)
2
unrelaxed(adjective, awkward, artificial, forced, hacked)
2
uphill
2
wearisome
2
wired(adjective, excited, awkward, shaky, tense)
2
wrenched
2
zealous(strong, powerful, penetrating)
1
abstract(false, extravagant, inflated, embellished, embroidered)
1
accented
1
accentuated
1
accomplished
1
achieved
1
afflict
1
aired
1
all-out
1
all-overish
1
amplified(false, extravagant, inflated, embellished, embroidered)
1
anguished(gloomy, awkward, depressed, unsettled, wretched)
1
antsy
1
anxioused up
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