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132 entries under tense topic. ×
| dreading(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous) | |
| hacked(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous) | |
| hesitant(quiet, uncertain, anxious, restrained, nervous) | |
| high(adjective, upset, crazy, nervous, irritable) | |
| ill at ease(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, excited) | |
| impatient(adjective, excited, anxious, nervous, sensitive) | |
| keyed-up(crazy, high, weary, frantic) | |
| keyed up(expression, adjective, wild, excited, anxious) | |
| moody(nervous, sensitive, crabby, sulky) | |
| on pins and needles(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, anxious) | |
| on the defensive(expression, adjective, idiom, nervous) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, delicate, nervous, sensitive) | |
| panicky(upset, anxious, nervous, worried) | |
| prickly(nervous, sensitive, jumpy, quick-tempered) | |
| shaking(adjective, upset, excited, anxious, nervous) | |
| shot to pieces(expression, idiom, upset, excited, anxious) | |
| shrinking(adjective, calm, quiet, weak, reasonable) | |
| solicitous(adjective, upset, weak, excited, anxious) | |
| sweating bullets(expression, upset, excited, anxious, nervous) | |
| tetchy(adjective, informal, nervous, sensitive, irritable) |
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