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stressful(excited, anxious, pressure, adjective, state)
4
anxious(adjective, excited, awkward, nervous, unstable)
4
drawn(adjective, fatigued)
4
uneasy(adjective, excited, awkward, shaky)
4
uptight(adjective, excited, awkward, shaky)
3
affected(adjective, difficult, artificial, forced)
3
stressed(verb, adjective, stiff, exhausted)
3
strung out(expression, adjective, excited, anxious, awkward)
2
fidgety(excited, awkward, unsettled, shaky)
2
high-strung(excited, anxious, pressure, shaky)
2
jumpy(excited, awkward, unsettled, shaky)
2
keyed up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, excited)
2
overanxious(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, pressure)
2
overworked(adjective, exhausted, stressed)
2
tired(adjective, weary, stressed, gaunt)
2
wired(adjective, excited, awkward, shaky)
1
beside oneself(expression, excited, anxious, pressure, shaky)
1
bundle of nerves(expression, adjective, idiom, excited, anxious)
1
choked(verb, adjective, excited, anxious, awkward)
1
clutched(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, pressure)
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