| time | |
| worrying(adjective, pressure) | |
| wrought up(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, excitation) | |
| cliff-hanging | |
| cold | |
| constricted | |
| cool | |
| crabbed(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| deform | |
| distressing | |
| drawn | |
| flex | |
| fluttery(adjective, anxious, nervous, pressure, worried) | |
| frantic(adjective, upset, crazy, nervous, high) | |
| harsh(adjective, rigid, conflicting) | |
| hot(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hyper(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, crazy) | |
| in a tizzy(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, excited) | |
| irascible(adjective, cross, anxious, awkward, nervous) | |
| moving(adjective, pressure, affected, demanding, melodramatic) |
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