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basket case(expression, upset, excited, anxious, nervous)
2
beside oneself(expression, adjective, upset, wild, excited)
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brash
2
bugged(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous)
2
bundle of nerves(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, delicate)
2
butterflies(adjective, upset, excited, uncertain, anxious)
2
cheeky
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choked(adjective, upset, excited, uncertain, anxious)
2
compulsive(anxious, disturbed, fearful, distraught, preoccupied)
2
crabbed(adjective, upset, delicate, sensitive, hostile)
2
cross(adjective, upset, difficult, delicate, rude)
2
edge
2
fearful(adjective, upset, excited, uncertain, anxious)
2
fired-up(adjective, upset, crazy, nervous, high)
2
flipped out(expression, adjective, upset, wild, crazy)
2
flustered(adjective, anxious, worried, tense)
2
formal(adjective, tough, firm, straight, distant)
2
frantic(adjective, upset, wild, crazy, nervous)
2
freaked-out(adjective, upset, crazy, nervous, high)
2
frozen(adjective, upset, uncertain, anxious, nervous)
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