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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | anxious, critical, excitable, excited, high-strung, ill at ease, impatient, irascible, irritable, keyed up, overstrung, restive, restless, skittish, tense, touchy, uneasy, uptight |
| Antonyms: | calm, composed, easy-going, laid-back |
i| Main Entry: | brittle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tense |
| Synonyms: | curt, edgy, irritable, nervous, prim, short, stiff, stilted |
| Antonyms: | relaxed, resilient |
| Main Entry: | excitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily upset or inspired |
| Synonyms: | agitable, alarmable, demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fidgety, fierce, fiery, galvanic, hasty, high-strung, hot-headed, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, overzealous, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, short fused, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, volcanic |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, easy-going, insensitive, laid-back, passive, unexcitable, uninspired |
Example Sentences
- Mentor finds herself yearning for something more risky or extravagant or edgy.
- It has been particularly edgy in the past two or three years.
- Edgy narrative and brutally realistic scenes target today's readers and viewers.
| Main Entry: | fretful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable |
| Synonyms: | captious, carping, caviling, complaining, contrary, crabby, cranky*, critical, cross, crotchety, edgy, faultfinding, fractious, huffy, mean, ornery*, out of sorts, peevish, perverse, petulant, querulous, short-tempered, snappish, splenetic, testy, touchy, uneasy, worried, wreck* |
| Antonyms: | calm, cheered, easy-going, happy, joyous, laid-back, pleased, relaxed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high-strung |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | edgy, excitable, impatient, restless, tense |
| Main Entry: | ill at ease |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling at ease |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, awkward, discomfited, disquieted, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, faltering, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge, on edge, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unrelaxed, unsettled, unsure |
| Antonyms: | at ease, comfortable, content |
| Main Entry: | impatient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable, unwilling to wait |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, agog, antsy, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, chafing, choleric, curt, demanding, dying to, eager, edgy, feverish, fretful, hasty, having short fuse, headlong, hot under collar, hot-tempered, impetuous, indignant, intolerant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, on pins and needles, quick-tempered, racing one's motor, restless, ripe*, snappy, straining, sudden, testy, thirsty, unforbearing, unindulgent, vehement, violent |
| Antonyms: | controlled, easy-going, enduring, forbearing, laid-back, patient, tolerant, waiting, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jittery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excitable, fidgety, high-strung, jumpy, on edge, on pins and needles, panicky, quivering, restless, shaky, skittish, spooked, tense, trembling, uneasy, uptight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nervous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, fidgety, fitful, flustered, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung, hysterical, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, on edge, overwrought, querulous, restive, ruffled, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, spooked, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, twitchy, uneasy, unrestful, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired, worried |
| Antonyms: | brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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