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| nervous(adjective, upset, characteristic, understanding, keen) | |
| stressful(adjective, anxious, state, feeling, excited) | |
| taut(adjective, upset, firm, solid, property) | |
| uptight(adjective, upset, slang, informal, excited) | |
| anxious(adjective, upset, excited, awkward, nervous) | |
| uneasy(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, crazy) | |
| jumpy(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, awkward) | |
| fidgety(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, awkward) | |
| agitated(adjective, upset, characteristic, excited, anxious) | |
| on edge(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, excited) | |
| high-strung(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible) | |
| overwrought(adjective, upset, wild, excited, anxious) | |
| touchy(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible) | |
| strung out(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, upset) | |
| fretful(adjective, upset, cross, excited, anxious) | |
| emotional(adjective, upset, understanding, keen, fine) | |
| keyed up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, excited) | |
| neurotic(adjective, upset, characteristic, anxious, crazy) | |
| overstrung(adjective, upset, crazy, nervous, high) | |
| unrelaxed(adjective, awkward, shy, doubtful, stiff) |
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