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distressed(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous)
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emotional(adjective, upset, understanding, keen, fine)
6
fraught
6
nerve-racking(adjective, excited, anxious, pressure, demanding)
6
perturbed(adjective, upset, awkward, unsettled, apprehensive)
6
queasy(adjective, pressure)
6
stretched(adjective, property)
6
stubborn(adjective, rigid, hardness)
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troubled(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, awkward)
6
unquiet(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, awkward)
6
upset(adjective, anxious, awkward, nervous, unsettled)
6
volatile(adjective, anxious, nervous, unstable, worried)
6
wound up(expression, adjective, upset, excited, crazy)
5
antsy(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous)
5
cowardly
5
electric(adjective, energetic)
5
explosive(adjective, upset, unstable, shaky, unpredictable)
5
hard(adjective, firm, solid, stiff, rigid)
5
inflexible(adjective, hard, firm, solid, stiff)
5
irritable(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible)
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