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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability, unwillingness to wait |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anger, annoyance, ants in pants, anxiety, avidity, disquietude, eagerness, edginess, excitement, expectancy, fretfulness, haste, hastiness, heat*, impetuosity, intolerance, irritability, irritableness, nervousness, quick temper, rashness, restiveness, restlessness, shortness, snappiness, suspense, uneasiness, vehemence, violence |
| Antonyms: | control, ease, endurance, forbearance, patience, tolerance, waiting, willingness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental stress |
| Synonyms: | agitation, ants in pants, antsiness, anxiety, apprehension, bad feeling, brunt, concern, discomfort, disquiet, edginess, hostility, jitters, jumps, nail-biting, nerves, nervousness, pins and needles, pressure, restlessness, shakes, strain, suspense, unease, uneasiness, worriment, worry |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentedness, ease, peace, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | uneasiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disquiet |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anguish, anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, disquietude, edginess, restiveness, restlessness, tumult, turmoil, unease, worry |
| Main Entry: | inquietude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | restiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | unease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
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